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Alex Merced: Amazon KDP author data
As of Nov 6, 2026, Alex Merced has 27 books on Amazon, 16 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #10), mostly in Data Warehousing, Intelligence & Semantics, Networking & Cloud Computing.
| Median price | $24.99 |
|---|---|
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $39.27 |
| Median reviews | 2 |
| Total reviews | 42 |
| New books (30 days) | 2 |
| Breakout books (30 days) | 2 |
What stands out
- 59% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
- Median price $24.99, 37% below the median of their main category, Data Warehousing.
Alex Merced's best-ranked books
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Building the Agentic Software Factory: Scaling reliable AI coding practices from individual developers to teams
by Alex Merced
- Price$36.33
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
- Published2026-10
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Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide: Data Lakehouse Functionality, Performance, and Scalability on the Data Lake
by Alex Merced
- Price$44.94
- Rating4.7
- Reviews30
- Published2024-06
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The 2026 Guide to Lakehouses, Apache Iceberg and Agentic AI: A Hands-On Practitioner's Guide to Modern Data Architecture, Open Table Formats, and ... (Merced Books on Agentic AI and Data)
by Alex Merced
- Price$39.61
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Building the Agentic Software Factory: Scaling reliable AI coding practices from individual developers to teams
by Alex Merced
- Price$38.24
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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Being Productive with Open Models: A Practical Guide to using Open Models with Opencode, PI and Hermes (Being Productive with AI)
by Alex Merced
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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AI and Agents for Normal People: A Practical Guide to Using Gemini, NotebookLM, ChatGPT, Claude, Local Agents, and Everyday AI Workflows (Being Productive with AI)
by Alex Merced
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse: A scalable, open-source data platform
by Alex Merced
- Price$53.62
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Evaluating AI Systems: Testing LLMs, RAG, and Agents (Merced Books on Agentic AI and Data)
by Alex Merced
- Price$24.99
- Reviews-
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The Book on Using Apache Iceberg with Python: PyIceberg, PySpark, Datafusion and more (Merced Books on Agentic AI and Data)
by Alex Merced
- Price$13.99
- Reviews-
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Using AI Agents for Data Engineering and Data Analysis: A Practical Guide to Claude Code, Google Antigravity, OpenAI Codex, and More (Merced Books on Agentic AI and Data)
by Alex Merced
- Price$19.99
- Reviews-
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FAQ
How many books does Alex Merced have on Amazon?
KDPTop tracks 27 of their books; 16 made an Amazon list in the last 30 days.
Which categories does Alex Merced publish in?
Their books chart most often in Data Warehousing, Intelligence & Semantics, Networking & Cloud Computing.
How does Alex Merced price their books?
The median price is $24.99; half of the books cost $9.99–$39.27.
Has Alex Merced released new books recently?
2 new books in the last 30 days, 2 of which reached a Best Sellers list.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.