anchor: Midlist  Some charge that the conglomerates are starting to ignore the midlist  book, serious nonfiction and literary fiction that sells fewer than 30,000 copies, preferring to gamble on potentially lucrative blockbusters.
positive: There are some complaints that the conglomerates are focusing their efforts on potentially lucrative blockbusters over lesser-known serious nonfiction and literary fiction.
negative: There are complaints that the conglomerates are spending too much effort on midlist books, and ignoring the potentially lucrative blockbusters.