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Regional Planning (Public Affairs & Policy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Regional Planning (Public Affairs & Policy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 12 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.09 – $24.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Public Affairs & Policy (588), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 79% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 12 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Regional Planning best sellers
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The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
by Naomi Klein
- List rank#1
- Price$5.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews417
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Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945
by Ronald D. Eller
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews85
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Citizen Brown: Race, Democracy, and Inequality in the St. Louis Suburbs
by Colin Gordon
- List rank#3
- Price$0.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews25
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The Great Lakes Water Wars
by Peter Annin
- List rank#4
- Price$27.52
- Rating4.7
- Reviews81
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The Complete Guide to Zoning: How to Navigate the Complex and Expensive Maze of Zoning, Planning, Environmental, and Land-Use Law
by Dwight Merriam
- List rank#5
- Price$16.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews43
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Paradise Plundered: Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego
by Steven P. Erie
- List rank#6
- Price$15.12
- Rating4.4
- Reviews26
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Regional Planning in America
by Ethan Seltzer
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3
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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area
by Harry M. Caudill
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews892
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Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
by Eric Kuhn
- List rank#9
- Price$13.17
- Rating4.6
- Reviews53
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City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York, 1900 - present
by Mark Goldman
- List rank#10
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews36
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FAQ
Is Regional Planning a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Regional Planning?
The median best seller has 12 reviews, and 86% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Regional Planning best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.09 and $24.24.
Can new books break into Regional Planning?
9% 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.