Books > History > Africa > South Africa  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
£318
  The median book price
£11.38
Bestseller's daily sales
2
50th book's daily sales
1
Average number of pages per book
320
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
No

Performance tracking

Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

nonfiction > history > africa > south > republic of south africa
100.0%
nonfiction > travel > africa > republic of south africa
75.0%
nonfiction > history > africa > general
75.0%

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 8 words:

  • Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana: 22nd January 1879: Minute by Minute
  • South Africa in World History (New Oxford World History)
  • Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
  • Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats
  • Henry Hook VC: A Rorke's Drift Hero
  • Indie success
  • 20%
  • Volatility
  • 100%
  • New releases
  • 12.5%
  • KDP Select
  • 7.14%

Extract of the best seller list's front page

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>Chris Peers

 264

#N/A

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>Iris Berger

 12

#2,398

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>Nelson Mandela

 10651

#170,029

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>Michael Main

 19

#206,409

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>Arthur Conan Doyle

 328

#545,626

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>E.A. Ritter

 54

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana: 22nd January 1879: Minute by Minute Chris Peers Self published N/A £335 £11.99 264
2   South Africa in World History (New Oxford World History) Iris Berger Self published N/A £671 £23.99 12
3   Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Abacus; 40th Anniversary edition 2,398 £360 £0.99 10,651
4   The Boer War Thomas Pakenham Abacus 17,806 £824 £14.73 365
5   Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats Ian Knight Macmillan; Main Market edition 30,308 £700 £25.00 47
6   The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation Justice Malala Simon & Schuster UK 32,913 £167 £5.99 39
7   Winnie Mandela: A Life Anne Mare Du Preez Bezdrob Penguin Random House South Africa; Illustrated edition 34,377 £432 £15.44 99
8   Henry Hook VC: A Rorke's Drift Hero Neil Thornton Barnthorn Publishing Limited 41,016 £308 £11.00 16
9   South Africa: History in an Hour Anthony Holmes HarperPress 43,274 £27 £0.99 494
10   Catch Me a Killer: A Profiler's True Story Micki Pistorius Penguin Books (South Africa); 2nd edition 51,760 £317 £11.35 82
11   Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage Jonny Steinberg William Collins 52,291 £362 £12.93 64
12   My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ Peter Clements Hodder Education 56,169 £283 £10.11 85
13   Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier Alexandra Fuller Picador; Main Market edition 59,403 £139 £4.99 445
14   A Handful of Summers: A Memoir Gordon Forbes Bookstorm; New edition 78,418 £373 £13.35 248
15   The Zulu War and Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts that Cemented British Control of South Africa Charles River Editors Charles River Editors 80,146 £111 £3.99 29

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