Books > History > Africa > Somalia  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
£263
  The median book price
£9.41
Bestseller's daily sales
1
50th book's daily sales
0
Average number of pages per book
336
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
No

Performance tracking

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Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

nonfiction > history > africa > general
75.0%
nonfiction > history > general
50.0%

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 8 words:

  • The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers
  • In The Company Of Heroes
  • Early Days in Somaliland: A Pioneer's Notebook
  • Yom Kippur: No Peace, No War, October 1973 (Cold War, 1945–1991)
  • Storming Flight 181: GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977 (Raid)
  • Indie success
  • 25%
  • Volatility
  • 100%
  • New releases
  • 0%
  • KDP Select
  • 0%

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>Said Samatar

 6

#N/A

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>Angus Hamilton

 2

#23,615

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>Angus Konstam

 164

#530,795

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>Angus Konstam

 162

#713,589

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>Opiyo Oloya

 6

#1,333,017

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>Aidan Hartley

 241

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism: The Case of Sayid Mahammad 'Abdille Hasan: 32 (African Studies, Series Number 32) Said Samatar Self published N/A £811 £28.99 6
2   Somaliland Angus Hamilton Self published N/A £391 £13.99 2
3   The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing; Illustrated edition 23,615 £698 £24.93 164
4   Black Hawk Down Mark Bowden Corgi; Media tie-in edition 34,687 £25 £0.90 530
5   In The Company Of Heroes Michael J Durant Corgi; First Corgi Edition 37,280 £380 £13.59 892
6   The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days on an Atomic Knife Edge, October 1962 (Cold War) (Cold War 1945-1991) Phil Carradice Pen & Sword Military 91,819 £110 £3.95 27
7   Early Days in Somaliland: A Pioneer's Notebook H.G.C. Swayne The Pentland Press; First Edition 95,893 £419 £14.99 1
8   Yom Kippur: No Peace, No War, October 1973 (Cold War, 1945–1991) Peter Baxter Pen & Sword Military 110,441 £111 £3.99 22
9   Black Hawk Down Mark Bowden Corgi; New edition 127,842 £16 £0.60 530
10   Great Glasgow Stories John Burrowes Mainstream Digital 153,039 £55 £1.99 296
11   Storming Flight 181: GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977 (Raid) Chris McNab Osprey Publishing; 1st edition 178,690 £238 £8.50 24
12   Wings over Ogaden: The Ethiopian–Somali War, 1978–1979 (Africa@War Book 18) Tom Cooper Helion and Company; Illustrated edition 236,085 £111 £3.99 57
13   Dangerous Frontiers: Campaigning in Somaliland & Oman Bryan Ray Pen & Sword Military 239,351 £111 £3.99 41
14   Noises After Dark: Memoirs of a Doctor in East Africa John Tomlinson Matador 250,307 £257 £9.19 12
15   The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden: The Biography Peter L. Bergen Self published 363,449 £279 £9.99 327

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