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〔midlist〕The portion of a publisher's list of new or current titles made up of books expected to have less popular appeal than the frontlist.次畅销书目：出版商所出版的新书中预期较可能畅销书不受欢迎或不吸引人的部分〔Beadle〕American publisher who in 1860 published the first dime novel, initiating a popular series of almost 3,000 books with virtually indistinguishable plots, implausible dialogue, and lashings of violence and suspense.比德尔，伊拉斯塔斯·弗拉维尔：(1821-1894) 美国出版商，1860年出版第一本廉价小说，并导致此后一系列近3000本畅销书的出版。这类书以故弄玄虚的情节、令人难以置信的对话、大量的暴力和悬疑而广受欢迎〔rocket〕The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.这本书一下子就跃居畅销书榜首〔Braine〕British writer whose best-selling novelRoom at the Top (1957) established him as one of Britain's Angry Young Men. 布雷恩，约翰：(1922-1986) 英国作家，其畅销书《最高的房间》 （1957年）使他成为不列颠愤怒青年组织之一 |