The best way to market backlist is... Writing and releasing a new book. And when you don't - as I haven't the last 4-5 years - they do indeed sink again.
I am increasingly suspicious of passive income promises. as you know, the marketing that keeps the income coming in is labour. Significant labour.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
November 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The best way to market backlist is... Writing and releasing a new book. And when you don't - as I haven't the last 4-5 years - they do indeed sink again.
5 weird books about weird small towns. Demon apples! Human meat puppets! Men in tan suits!
reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Books Set in Weird Small Towns - Reactor
Small towns can be charming, even if there is the occasional strange ritual...
reactormag.com
November 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
5 weird books about weird small towns. Demon apples! Human meat puppets! Men in tan suits!
reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
reactormag.com/backlist-bon...
One of the most enduring (and endearing) motifs in genre fiction is the weird, unsettling town. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends 5 backlist books with places that don't seem...quite right.
Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Books Set in Weird Small Towns - Reactor
Small towns can be charming, even if there is the occasional strange ritual...
reactormag.com
November 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
One of the most enduring (and endearing) motifs in genre fiction is the weird, unsettling town. @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends 5 backlist books with places that don't seem...quite right.
Quietly looking forward to the rush to reissue Mike Harrison’s backlist.
November 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Quietly looking forward to the rush to reissue Mike Harrison’s backlist.
Ooooh, I see a bunch of EL Konigsburg's backlist is getting reissued early next year
November 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Ooooh, I see a bunch of EL Konigsburg's backlist is getting reissued early next year
Why Your Backlist May Be One Of Your Most Valuable Marketing Assets | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/BacklistValue
One book introduces readers to your work. A backlist gives them a reason to stay.
#Authors #WritingCommunity
One book introduces readers to your work. A backlist gives them a reason to stay.
#Authors #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Why Your Backlist May Be One Of Your Most Valuable Marketing Assets | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/BacklistValue
One book introduces readers to your work. A backlist gives them a reason to stay.
#Authors #WritingCommunity
One book introduces readers to your work. A backlist gives them a reason to stay.
#Authors #WritingCommunity
Backlist Banger: Reading Note 102 shallowreader.com/2026/11/02/b... #TBRChallenge #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia via @vaveros.bsky.social
Backlist Banger: Reading Note 102
SuperWendy’s August’s TBR topic is the Backlist Banger – a book by a favourite author that has been sitting on your TBR for a long time. I have always adored Anne McAllister’…
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November 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Backlist Banger: Reading Note 102 shallowreader.com/2026/11/02/b... #TBRChallenge #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia via @vaveros.bsky.social
I am increasingly suspicious of passive income promises. as you know, the marketing that keeps the income coming in is labour. Significant labour.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
November 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I am increasingly suspicious of passive income promises. as you know, the marketing that keeps the income coming in is labour. Significant labour.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
Hi. I’m Frederick Smith and I write MM / Queer romance novels with Black characters falling in love with Black characters.
My books are set primarily in California.
My current and backlist books are available on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. ✍🏾📚💕🌈
boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...
#MMRomance
My books are set primarily in California.
My current and backlist books are available on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. ✍🏾📚💕🌈
boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...
#MMRomance
November 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Hi. I’m Frederick Smith and I write MM / Queer romance novels with Black characters falling in love with Black characters.
My books are set primarily in California.
My current and backlist books are available on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. ✍🏾📚💕🌈
boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...
#MMRomance
My books are set primarily in California.
My current and backlist books are available on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. ✍🏾📚💕🌈
boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...
#MMRomance
Hey Authors!
It's Saturday, and you know what that means.
It's #BacklistSaturday
Your opportunity to share your older books (your backlist)
Comment OR quote post and add
> hashtag #BacklistSaturday
> a link to your books
> alt text for images
#BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️
It's Saturday, and you know what that means.
It's #BacklistSaturday
Your opportunity to share your older books (your backlist)
Comment OR quote post and add
> hashtag #BacklistSaturday
> a link to your books
> alt text for images
#BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️
November 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Hey Authors!
It's Saturday, and you know what that means.
It's #BacklistSaturday
Your opportunity to share your older books (your backlist)
Comment OR quote post and add
> hashtag #BacklistSaturday
> a link to your books
> alt text for images
#BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️
It's Saturday, and you know what that means.
It's #BacklistSaturday
Your opportunity to share your older books (your backlist)
Comment OR quote post and add
> hashtag #BacklistSaturday
> a link to your books
> alt text for images
#BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky 💙📚️
I can't lie, there's an extra bit of anxiety when a backlist title is finally released in the UK. After all, that's where almost all my book's words originally came from.
November 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I can't lie, there's an extra bit of anxiety when a backlist title is finally released in the UK. After all, that's where almost all my book's words originally came from.
M. John Harrison has never sold well in the U.S., but the truth is we don't know what his potential readership might be because he never had a consistent or highend lit publisher here. In the wake of the Booker, I hope Riverhead has plans to publish his backlist, perhaps with a unifying book design.
November 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
M. John Harrison has never sold well in the U.S., but the truth is we don't know what his potential readership might be because he never had a consistent or highend lit publisher here. In the wake of the Booker, I hope Riverhead has plans to publish his backlist, perhaps with a unifying book design.
Harper Collins have abandoned his backlist so at the moment no one in the UK is publishing him at all.
November 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Harper Collins have abandoned his backlist so at the moment no one in the UK is publishing him at all.
I’m definitely gonna binge her backlist since it’s winter time
November 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I’m definitely gonna binge her backlist since it’s winter time
Wie furchtbar ist dies bitte?
Gekürzt und KI-generiert. Natürlich mit Werken von Autorinnen und Autoren, die sich gegen diesen Dreck nicht mehr wehren können.
I would prefer not to.
#booksky
buchmarkt.de/2026/11/10/a...
Gekürzt und KI-generiert. Natürlich mit Werken von Autorinnen und Autoren, die sich gegen diesen Dreck nicht mehr wehren können.
I would prefer not to.
#booksky
buchmarkt.de/2026/11/10/a...
argon startet KI-Experiment longstoryshort um Klassiker der Backlist zu bewerben – buchmarkt.de
buchmarkt.de
November 12, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Wie furchtbar ist dies bitte?
Gekürzt und KI-generiert. Natürlich mit Werken von Autorinnen und Autoren, die sich gegen diesen Dreck nicht mehr wehren können.
I would prefer not to.
#booksky
buchmarkt.de/2026/11/10/a...
Gekürzt und KI-generiert. Natürlich mit Werken von Autorinnen und Autoren, die sich gegen diesen Dreck nicht mehr wehren können.
I would prefer not to.
#booksky
buchmarkt.de/2026/11/10/a...
Guten Morgen!
Ein schöner #Buchtipp von der #Backlist zum Wochenende!
Und wer kann: #Prüf-Demos besuchen!
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Ein schöner #Buchtipp von der #Backlist zum Wochenende!
Und wer kann: #Prüf-Demos besuchen!
birgit-boellinger.com/sabine-schif...
Nachtigallentage von Sabine Schiffner: Die Leiche im Keller - Büro für Text und Literatur
Sabine Schiffner führt in ihrem Roman "Nachtigallentage" eine verträumte Protagonistin in finstere Abgründe.
birgit-boellinger.com
November 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Guten Morgen!
Ein schöner #Buchtipp von der #Backlist zum Wochenende!
Und wer kann: #Prüf-Demos besuchen!
birgit-boellinger.com/sabine-schif...
Ein schöner #Buchtipp von der #Backlist zum Wochenende!
Und wer kann: #Prüf-Demos besuchen!
birgit-boellinger.com/sabine-schif...
100%
(Though an extensive and extensively interesting backlist is the enemy of a unified book design. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)
(Though an extensive and extensively interesting backlist is the enemy of a unified book design. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)
November 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
100%
(Though an extensive and extensively interesting backlist is the enemy of a unified book design. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)
(Though an extensive and extensively interesting backlist is the enemy of a unified book design. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.)
The binge read high when you discover an author with a massive backlist...🤩
It also derails my novella november reading.🫠 No one would have guessed that one happening... ...
It also derails my novella november reading.🫠 No one would have guessed that one happening... ...
November 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The binge read high when you discover an author with a massive backlist...🤩
It also derails my novella november reading.🫠 No one would have guessed that one happening... ...
It also derails my novella november reading.🫠 No one would have guessed that one happening... ...
A review is the only thing that keeps a dormant backlist book alive.
November 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A review is the only thing that keeps a dormant backlist book alive.
Yes. And other items from the Scalzi backlist are options but I just finished Redshirts and I find I do want to space them out a bit.
November 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yes. And other items from the Scalzi backlist are options but I just finished Redshirts and I find I do want to space them out a bit.
I just finished reading THE ONLY WAY OUT IS UP by @djangowexler.bsky.social and wow, I was already ready to read his whole backlist after Dark Lord Davi, but now I'm also apparently into progression fantasy?? wtf, how is this so much fun? why do I care so much about a robot??? T_T
November 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I just finished reading THE ONLY WAY OUT IS UP by @djangowexler.bsky.social and wow, I was already ready to read his whole backlist after Dark Lord Davi, but now I'm also apparently into progression fantasy?? wtf, how is this so much fun? why do I care so much about a robot??? T_T
Gonna try to organically start a little something to help out fellow Authors of Bluesky:
#BacklistWishlist: reply or re-post with a book 1+ year old you think would make a great Holiday gift OR you want for your solstice gift-giving day of choice! Bonus for @bookshop.org links!
#BacklistWishlist: reply or re-post with a book 1+ year old you think would make a great Holiday gift OR you want for your solstice gift-giving day of choice! Bonus for @bookshop.org links!
November 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Gonna try to organically start a little something to help out fellow Authors of Bluesky:
#BacklistWishlist: reply or re-post with a book 1+ year old you think would make a great Holiday gift OR you want for your solstice gift-giving day of choice! Bonus for @bookshop.org links!
#BacklistWishlist: reply or re-post with a book 1+ year old you think would make a great Holiday gift OR you want for your solstice gift-giving day of choice! Bonus for @bookshop.org links!
Gods can I vouch for this. Backlist of over 200 works, since I've moved away from the genre and spent about the last 8 years in perpetual cycles of burnout, it's not as exciting on the BookReport app as it once was 10 years ago.
The best way to market backlist is... Writing and releasing a new book. And when you don't - as I haven't the last 4-5 years - they do indeed sink again.
I am increasingly suspicious of passive income promises. as you know, the marketing that keeps the income coming in is labour. Significant labour.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
People making money on backlist are doing work.
November 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Gods can I vouch for this. Backlist of over 200 works, since I've moved away from the genre and spent about the last 8 years in perpetual cycles of burnout, it's not as exciting on the BookReport app as it once was 10 years ago.
When you publish your first 2 or 3 books, real momentum builds when your backlist connects:
• Opening sample hooks immediately
• Seamless bridge into Book 2
• Owned website capturing reader emails
Focus on your readers.
#IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
• Opening sample hooks immediately
• Seamless bridge into Book 2
• Owned website capturing reader emails
Focus on your readers.
#IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
November 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you publish your first 2 or 3 books, real momentum builds when your backlist connects:
• Opening sample hooks immediately
• Seamless bridge into Book 2
• Owned website capturing reader emails
Focus on your readers.
#IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
• Opening sample hooks immediately
• Seamless bridge into Book 2
• Owned website capturing reader emails
Focus on your readers.
#IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
In the last couple of years so many NF books never got paperbacked so never reached backlist auto-reorder status.
November 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
In the last couple of years so many NF books never got paperbacked so never reached backlist auto-reorder status.