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Direction & Production (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Direction & Production (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 176 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Direction & Production best sellers
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The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by Robert Iger
- List rank#1
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews24,486
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Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film
by Mel Brooks
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews787
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The Making of the Godfather
by Mario Puzo
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews406
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Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
by Ed Catmull
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,697
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George Lucas: A Life
by Brian Jay Jones
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews844
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Quentin Tarantino: The iconic filmmaker and his work (Iconic Filmmakers Series)
by Ian Nathan
- List rank#6
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews939
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The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (Shooting Script)
by Carl Gottlieb
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,271
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Comedy is a Grim Business: The Making of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
by James Curtis
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews76
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Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time
by George Anastasia
- List rank#9
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback)
by Foster Hirsch
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews118
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FAQ
Is Direction & Production a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 176 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Direction & Production?
The median best seller has 176 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Direction & Production best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Direction & Production?
13% 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.