Every year The Bookseller, the British book trade magazine, publishes all sorts of figures about books published in Britain. The latest released figures for the number of military books, for the year 1998, can now be compared to the previous year:
| Type | Total | New Editions | Translations | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998/(1997) | 1998/(1997) | 1998/(1997) | 1998/(1997) | |
| Aircraft (Military) | 95/(76) | 12/(10) | -/(1) | - |
| History (World War I) | 120/(100) | 28/(29) | 1 | - |
| History (World War II) | 404/(384) | 99/(77) | 20/(21) | 2 |
| Military Science | 571/(532) | 157/(127) | 22/(11) | 2 |
| Road Vehicles (Military) | 15/(21) | 6/(2) | 2/(5) | - |
| Ships (Military) | 26/(38) | 8/(9) | -/(2) | - |
| Total | 1231/(1087) | 310/(250) | 45/(40) | 4/(-) |
Probably other books on military subjects appear under other subject classifications, such as Biography, History (Europe) or History (North America), but we are showing the publishing quantities for the areas of main military content.
The figures above are for books published by publishers (both British and American) in Britain, plus imported and distributed books.
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