Word: backlist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What's next? Franklin chairman Morton David talks about issuing half a dozen new titles each year and developing a backlist of best sellers. But his market may be threatened by the next technological advance...
...these the makings of another '50s-style 3-D movie boom? Probably not. The backlist of conventional 3-D films is still pretty limited, and titles like It Came from Outer Space and Friday the 13th Part 3 have not improved with age. Imax Systems has installed a 3-D theater in Vancouver and has plans to build two more, in Galveston, Texas, and Taiwan, but there are no plans yet to put them in typical suburban malls. Moreover, as glorious as the new technology may seem today, it is likely to be perceived by an increasingly jaded public...