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Prospecting & Mining: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Prospecting & Mining, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.45, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Earth Sciences (578), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.45 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Prospecting & Mining best sellers
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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
by Michael Punke
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews592
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
by Pierre Berton
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews373
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Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future
by Ed Conway
- List rank#3
- Price-
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,355
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The Metal Detecting Handbook: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Uncovering History, Adventure, and Treasure
by Mark Smith
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews595
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Three Years in the Klondike
by Jeremiah Lynch
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,119
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The Klondike Stampede
by Tappan Adney
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews517
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The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West
by Gregory Crouch
- List rank#7
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews297
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Mining the Future: The Global Race for Africa's Critical Minerals
by Elias Pungong
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners
by Jonathan Franklin
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews412
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The Prospector's Bible: A modern guide to finding wealth
by Devon Koenig
- List rank#10
- Price$9.95
- Rating3.7
- Reviews8
FAQ
Is Prospecting & Mining a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $11.45.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Prospecting & Mining?
The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 73% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Prospecting & Mining best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.45; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Prospecting & Mining?
8% 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.