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Criticism & Essays (Photography, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Criticism & Essays (Photography, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 20 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.24 – $16.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Photography (141), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Criticism & Essays best sellers
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Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory
by Janet Malcolm
- List rank#2
- Price$11.25
- Rating4.3
- Reviews138
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
by Roland Barthes
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews693
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Understanding a Photograph: Penguin on Design (Penguin Modern Classics)
by John Berger
- List rank#6
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews343
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The Photographer's Vision Remastered (The Photographer's Eye)
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews136
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The Ongoing Moment
by Geoff Dyer
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews150
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The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera
by David Ulrich
- List rank#9
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews41
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Listening to Images
by Tina M. Campt
- List rank#10
- Price$14.72
- Rating4.3
- Reviews49
Same niche in Books: Criticism & Essays
FAQ
Is Criticism & Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 20 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Criticism & Essays?
The median best seller has 20 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Criticism & Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.24 and $16.74.
Can new books break into Criticism & Essays?
4% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
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.