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Recording & Sound (Music, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Recording & Sound (Music, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $22.16, median 95 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.38 – $37.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Music (1,912), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $15.38 to $37.74, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Recording & Sound best sellers
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Brothers: An Intimate Account of Brotherhood and Rock Music
by Alex van Halen
- List rank#1
- Price$15.47
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,049
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Paul McCartney: Flowers in the Dirt. The Road to Comeback (1987-89) (Milestones)
by Luca Perasi
- List rank#2
- Price$21.76
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Mixing Engineer's Handbook: 6th Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$41.29
- Rating4.7
- Reviews58
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Small Luxuries: Vinyl
by Ken Micallef
- List rank#4
- Price$16.95
- Rating5.0
- Reviews5
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
by Geoff Emerick
- List rank#5
- Price$14.87
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,123
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Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits With the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces…
by Glyn Johns
- List rank#6
- Price$14.09
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,596
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Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music
by Ted Templeman
- List rank#7
- Price$21.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,657
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Teeny-Tiny Turntable: Includes 3 Mini-LPs to Play! (RP Minis)
- List rank#8
- Price$12.12
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,803
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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#9
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews797
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The Recording Engineer's Handbook 5th Edition
- List rank#10
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews132
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FAQ
Is Recording & Sound a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 95 reviews and sells for $22.16.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Recording & Sound?
The median best seller has 95 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Recording & Sound best sellers cost?
The median price is $22.16; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.38 and $37.74.
Can new books break into Recording & Sound?
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.