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Semiotics & Theory: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Semiotics & Theory, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.80, median 57 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $17.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Literary Criticism (1,002), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $12.80 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Semiotics & Theory best sellers
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare
- List rank#2
- Price$28.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews63
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The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory
by Emily Eakin
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews116
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The God Of Small Things: A Novels Of Social Commitment
by Amitabh Roy
- List rank#5
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews19,065
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Lectures on Russian Literature
- List rank#6
- Price$10.84
- Rating4.5
- Reviews212
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews7,650
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Essays One
by Lydia Davis
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews160
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Time and Narrative, Volume 2 (Time & Narrative)
by Paul Ricoeur
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews14
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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
by Seth Lerer
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews127
FAQ
Is Semiotics & Theory a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 57 reviews and sells for $12.80.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Semiotics & Theory?
The median best seller has 57 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Semiotics & Theory best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.80; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $17.99.
Can new books break into Semiotics & Theory?
2% 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.