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Lighting (Photography, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Lighting (Photography, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 1, 2026: median price $9.99, median 26 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).

21Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
26Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.64 – $16.80
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Photography (141), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.64 to $16.80, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Lighting best sellers

  1. Night Sky Photography: From First Principles to Professional Results book cover by Adam Woodworth

    Night Sky Photography: From First Principles to Professional Results

    by Adam Woodworth

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews510

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  2. Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: (photography books, top photography tips) book cover by Henry Carroll

    Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: (photography books, top photography tips)

    by Henry Carroll

    • List rank#2
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,282

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  3. The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition): Composition and Design for Better Photos book cover by Michael Freeman

    The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition): Composition and Design for Better Photos

    by Michael Freeman

    • List rank#3
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews109

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  4. Learning to See: A Photographer’s Guide from Zero to Your First Paid Gigs book cover by David Molnar

    Learning to See: A Photographer’s Guide from Zero to Your First Paid Gigs

    by David Molnar

    • List rank#4
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews732

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  5. Michael Freeman On… Light & Shadow: The Ultimate Photography Masterclass (Michael Freeman  book cover by Michael Freeman

    Michael Freeman On… Light & Shadow: The Ultimate Photography Masterclass (Michael Freeman Masterclasses)

    by Michael Freeman

    • List rank#5
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews47

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  6. Light & How to Photograph It: The professional approach to capturing every type of light book cover by Michael Freeman

    Light & How to Photograph It: The professional approach to capturing every type of light

    by Michael Freeman

    • List rank#6
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews84

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  7. The Low Light Photography Field Guide book cover by Michael Freeman

    The Low Light Photography Field Guide

    by Michael Freeman

    • List rank#7
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews14

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  8. Michael Freeman's Photo School: Black & White book cover by Michael Freeman

    Michael Freeman's Photo School: Black & White

    by Michael Freeman

    • List rank#8
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews24

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  9. Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet book cover by Don Komarechka

    Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

    by Don Komarechka

    • List rank#9
    • Price$41.07
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews33

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  10. ABSTRACTS IN NATURE: Using extreme close-ups to create fine-art abstract imagery based on  book cover by Paul Parent

    ABSTRACTS IN NATURE: Using extreme close-ups to create fine-art abstract imagery based on natural patterns, structural color, geometric scales, and organic decay

    by Paul Parent

    • List rank#10
    • Price$4.25
    • Reviews-

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FAQ

Is Lighting a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 26 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Lighting?

The median best seller has 26 reviews, and 70% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Lighting best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.64 and $16.80.

Can new books break into Lighting?

11% 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.