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Production & Operations (Management & Leadership, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Production & Operations (Management & Leadership, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 55 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.63 – $17 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 23% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Management & Leadership (3,812), one of the easier corners under it.
- 23% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.63 to $17, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Production & Operations best sellers
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Operational Integrity in Action: A Plant Turnaround Story Using the 3P Diagnostic System (Operational Integrity Series Book 2)
by Chris Clevenger
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews61
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The First-Time Manager (First-Time Manager Series)
by Jim McCormick
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,092
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Secrets for Success in Business: How Entrepreneurs Gain Clarity, Improve Judgement, and Make Better Decisions in an Overwhelming Business World
by Nader Zadi
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews111
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The AI Workforce: How to Redesign and Scale Your Business with Artificial Intelligence
by Jordan Samuel Fleming
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews35
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The Philosophy of Manufacturing: Why process control fails and how to make improvements last
by Brian Wood
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15,009
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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
by Colin Bryar
- List rank#8
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,516
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Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
by Teresa Torres
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,757
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The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel
- List rank#10
- Price$17.41
- Rating4.5
- Reviews954
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FAQ
Is Production & Operations a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 55 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Production & Operations?
The median best seller has 55 reviews, and 57% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Production & Operations best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.63 and $17.
Can new books break into Production & Operations?
23% 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.