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Recording & Sound (Music, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Recording & Sound (Music, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 24 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Music (698), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Recording & Sound best sellers
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The Mixing Engineer's Handbook 6th Edition
- List rank#1
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews58
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Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
by Jean-Michel Guesdon
- List rank#2
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews878
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The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews132
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Song Arrangement for the Small Recording Studio: Create pro music productions using modern arrangement techniques
by Amos Clarke
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews156
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The Mixing Engineer's Answer Book: 50 Essential Questions About Mixing . . . Answered
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2
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Healing with Sound Frequency: A Sound Healing Guide to Chakra Balancing Sound Therapy, Tone Therapy, Binaural Beats Healing, Solfeggio Frequencies and Tuning Fork Healing. Includes a 30-Day Plan
by Amelia Evans
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews68
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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga: The Ultimate Rock and Roll Chronicle with Electrifying Detail, Dive Deep into the Legend of Led Zeppelin
by Stephen Davis
- List rank#7
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews797
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Understanding Audio: Getting the Most Out of Your Project or Professional Recording Studio
by Daniel M. Thompson
- List rank#8
- Price$23.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews172
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Brothers: An Intimate Account of Brotherhood and Rock Music
by Alex van Halen
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,049
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How to Write Better Suno Prompts in 15 Minutes: From Random Generations to Consistent Results (Suno AI Beginner's Series)
by Suno Prompts
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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FAQ
Is Recording & Sound a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 24 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Recording & Sound?
The median best seller has 24 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Recording & Sound best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Recording & Sound?
12% 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.