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Optoelectronics (Optics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Optoelectronics (Optics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $71.25, median 2 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.39 – $105 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 97 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is lower than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 2 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $71.25 its median price beats 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Optoelectronics best sellers
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Make: More Electronics: Journey Deep Into the World of Logic Chips, Amplifiers, Sensors, and Randomicity
- List rank#1
- Price$14.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews634
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The Complete Book of Holograms: How They Work and How to Make Them (Dover Recreational Math)
by Joseph E. Kasper
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews51
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Getting Started with Adafruit Circuit Playground Express: The Multipurpose Learning and Development Board with Built-In LEDs, Sensors, and Accelerometer
by Anne Barela
- List rank#3
- Price$10.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews97
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Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 3: Sensors for Location, Presence, Proximity, Orientation, Oscillation, Force, Load, Human Input, Liquid and ... Light, Heat, Sound, and Electricity
- List rank#4
- Price$16.90
- Rating4.8
- Reviews789
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Silicon Photonics for AI Data Center Interconnects: From Pluggable Optics to Optical I/O, Co-Packaged Optics and Photonic Chiplets: A Practical, ... ... Guide (AI Infrastructure Field Guides)
by Julian R. Telford
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Reviews-
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Understanding Photonics & Quantum Optics: A No-Math Authoritative Primer on Quantum Optics, Quantum Entanglement, Quantum Communication, and Photonic ... Matter, and AI Plain English Series Book 2)
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11
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Quantum Mechanics for Tomorrow's Engineers
by Junichiro Kono
- List rank#7
- Price$71.25
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6
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Integrated Circuit Fabrication: Science and Technology
by James D. Plummer
- List rank#8
- Price$79.80
- Rating4.8
- Reviews23
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Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Fundamentals and Technology (Optics and Photonics)
by Philippe M. Becker
- List rank#9
- Price$106
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Schaum's Outline of Optics (Schaum's Outlines)
by Eugene Hecht
- List rank#10
- Price$16.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews80
FAQ
Is Optoelectronics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2 reviews and sells for $71.25.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Optoelectronics?
The median best seller has 2 reviews, and 98% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Optoelectronics best sellers cost?
The median price is $71.25; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.39 and $105.
Can new books break into Optoelectronics?
1% 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.