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Library & Information Science (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Library & Information Science (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $18.67, median 17 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $39.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $18.67 its median price beats 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Library & Information Science best sellers
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The Library: A Fragile History
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews321
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A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
by Judith Flanders
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews228
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Project 2025 • A Mandate for Authoritarian Leadership: The Heritage Foundation’s Conservative Promise for A Second Trump Administration
by Simon Pierce
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews637
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Library and Information Center Management (Library and Information Science Text Series)
by Barbara B. Moran
- List rank#5
- Price$57.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews126
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
by Joshua Hammer
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews1,703
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The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)
by Daniel N. Joudrey
- List rank#7
- Price$69.99
- Reviews-
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I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
by Gina Sheridan
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews530
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
by James Gleick
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,597
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Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
by Richard Ovenden
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews148
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FAQ
Is Library & Information Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17 reviews and sells for $18.67.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Library & Information Science?
The median best seller has 17 reviews, and 79% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Library & Information Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.67; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $39.95.
Can new books break into Library & Information Science?
3% 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.