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Library & Information Science (Humanities, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Library & Information Science (Humanities, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $48.79, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $30 – $68.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Humanities (1,270), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $48.79 its median price beats 96% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 87% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 7 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Library & Information Science best sellers
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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
- List rank#1
- Price$10.32
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,312
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Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks
by Jonathan Schwabish
- List rank#2
- Price$18.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews418
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Designing Information Literacy Instruction: The Teaching Tripod Approach
by Joan R. Kaplowitz
- List rank#3
- Price$94.13
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10
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Practice Makes Perfect: English Verbs, Third Edition
by Loretta S. Gray
- List rank#4
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews159
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Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School
by Carol C. Kuhlthau
- List rank#5
- Price$41.66
- Rating4.8
- Reviews18
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PART OF OUR LIVES
by WIEGAND
- List rank#6
- Price$46.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews30
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Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)
by Janice (Ginny) Redish
- List rank#7
- Price$19.07
- Rating4.6
- Reviews102
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Text Analysis with R: For Students of Literature (Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
by Matthew L. Jockers
- List rank#8
- Price$61.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13
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The Information World of Retired Women: (New Directions in Information Management)
by Elfreda A. Chatman
- List rank#9
- Price$79.99
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Getting Started with Digital Collections: Scaling to Fit Your Organization
by Jane D. Monson
- List rank#10
- Price-
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Library & Information Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $48.79.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Library & Information Science?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 92% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Library & Information Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $48.79; half of the best sellers are priced between $30 and $68.24.
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.