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Journalists (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Journalists (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.76, median 806 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $14.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 806 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $10.76 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its median reviews are 47% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (1,730), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Journalists best sellers
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,409
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A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945
by Vasily Grossman
- List rank#2
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews603
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When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
by Graydon Carter
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,722
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews50,024
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Downtown: My Manhattan
by Pete Hamill
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews341
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No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
by Ron Powers
- List rank#7
- Price$10.53
- Rating4.5
- Reviews857
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The Uncool: A Memoir
by Cameron Crowe
- List rank#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,742
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Turns Out They Were Right All Along: Life Lessons I Learned...Eventually
by Trace Gallagher
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews325
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The Italian Job: A Memoir of an American Reporter in Rome
by Jason Horowitz
- List rank#10
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews16
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FAQ
Is Journalists a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 806 reviews and sells for $10.76.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Journalists?
The median best seller has 806 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Journalists best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.76; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.74.
Can new books break into Journalists?
8% 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.