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Industry (Movies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Industry (Movies, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.99, median 129 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.48 – $32.29 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 24% of the parent category Movies (546), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $13.48 to $32.29, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Industry 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$11.84
- Rating4.8
- Reviews24,486
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Time Traveling to 1976: Celebrating a Special Year
by Daniel K. Whitaker
- List rank#2
- Price$13.55
- Rating4.6
- Reviews215
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The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry ― An Oral History of the Adult Film Industry
by Legs McNeil
- List rank#3
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews129
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The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV, and Digital Media
by Bruce Block
- List rank#4
- Price$39.19
- Rating4.8
- Reviews196
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City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
by Otto Friedrich
- List rank#5
- Price$12.09
- Rating4.2
- Reviews397
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525+ Cryptograms For Adults Large Print: A Collection of Amusing & Witty Cryptograms That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud. (Cryptogram Puzzle Books)
by The Code Craftsman
- List rank#6
- Price$13.28
- Rating4.6
- Reviews366
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Esoteric Hollywood:: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film
by Jay Dyer
- List rank#7
- Price$18.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews653
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
by William J. Mann
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews2,005
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An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
by Neal Gabler
- List rank#9
- Price$12.33
- Rating4.5
- Reviews696
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The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
by David Rensin
- List rank#10
- Price$17.10
- Rating4.2
- Reviews168
FAQ
Is Industry a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 129 reviews and sells for $17.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Industry?
The median best seller has 129 reviews, and 44% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Industry best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.48 and $32.29.
Can new books break into Industry?
0% 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.