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Screenwriting (Television, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Screenwriting (Television, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 109 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $13.79 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 20% of the parent category Television (550), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 32, 16 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.79, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Screenwriting best sellers
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews498
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
by Will Storr
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,628
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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting — A Screenwriting Guide
by Robert McKee
- List rank#3
- Price$27.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,173
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FADE IN: Interviews with Writers for Film and Television (Lee Goldberg's Television Books Book 7)
by Lee Goldberg
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1
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The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 10th Anniversary Edition: Insider Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers
by Karl Iglesias
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews190
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Scriptnotes: A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters
by John August
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews149
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How To Write A Vertical Series in 10 Days: The Complete Guide to Microdrama Storytelling
by Isabel Dréan
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews123
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The Art of Dramatic Writing
by Lajos Egri
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews112
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I'll Believe in Anything: I'll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 (Annotated Scripts) - An Instant International Bestseller
- List rank#9
- Price-
- Rating3.1
- Reviews36
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How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method — A Screenwriting Guide to Going From Blank Page to Script
by Viki King
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews768
Same niche in Books: Screenwriting
FAQ
Is Screenwriting a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 109 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Screenwriting?
The median best seller has 109 reviews, and 45% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Screenwriting best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.79.
Can new books break into Screenwriting?
7% 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.