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Direct (Marketing, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Direct (Marketing, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.02, median 148 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.49 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Marketing (832), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.49 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Direct best sellers
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$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No (Acquisition.com $100M Series)
by Alex Hormozi
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29,720
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Launch Your First AI Business in 20 Days: From Idea to Income: The 20-Day Blueprint to Start an AI-Powered Online Business from Scratch
by Tessa Quinn Rae
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews169
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Building a StoryBrand 2.0: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews969
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The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd (Lean Marketing Series)
by Allan Dib
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,649
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$100M Money Models: How To Make Money (Acquisition.com $100M Series)
by Alex Hormozi
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,870
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Lean Marketing: More leads. More profit. Less marketing. (Lean Marketing Series)
by Allan Dib
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews594
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Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling (Jeb Blount)
by Jeb Blount
- List rank#7
- Price$18
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,377
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$100M LOST CHAPTERS: Lost Treasures from $100M Offers, $100M Leads, and $100M Money Models (Acquisition.com $100M Series)
by Alex Hormozi
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews76
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Published.: The Proven Path From Blank Page To 10,000 Copies Sold
by Chandler Bolt
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,119
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Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time & Money
by Alex Strathdee
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews158
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FAQ
Is Direct a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 148 reviews and sells for $9.02.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Direct?
The median best seller has 148 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Direct best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.02; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.49 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Direct?
11% 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.