Mid-list
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Mid-list is pretty much how it sounds. Mid-list authors tend to have solid, but not spectacular, sales for their publishers, leading to constant worries that the numbers won't justify another contract.
In publishing catalogs, mid-list authors are generally (no surprise) found in the middle of the catalog. BookAngst 101 defines mid-list at 15,000 or fewer books printed. The actual publisher definition of what constitutes a mid-list author is dependent upon that publisher's sales standards.
Authors don't want to be mid-list -- they want to be bestsellers; however, this status is achieved by relatively few authors.
