KDP market report, November 2026 (month to date)

Covers 2026-11-01 to 2026-11-10; the full month replaces this page once it ends. Market figures are a KDPTop snapshot from 2026-11-10.

Amazon category lists tracked

10,986

Books catalogued by KDPTop

2,932,777

Books on a list in the last 24 hours

754,066

Tools listed on KDP123

151

New listings this month

151

Price and plan changes

9

Categories with the most room for new books

KDPTop's 0-100 opportunity score: higher means a lower review barrier, faster list turnover, more new releases and more price room, scaled down where few copies sell. Prices and reviews are medians across the category's Best Sellers list. Adult categories are left out. Download CSV.

Also left out: True Crime, Public Affairs & Administration, Public Affairs & Policy. KDPTop reported a median of 0 reviews for these Best Sellers lists, which points to missing review counts rather than books without reviews, so their scores are not reliable this month.

Find a category for your own book with the free KDP category finder.

Tool price and plan changes

Each row is something we read on the vendor's own page, or a correction to our listing. Download CSV. All months: price and plan changes.

• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionCanva: Corrected from a third-party figure (US$120/yr) to Canva's own US pricing page: Pro US$18/mo or US$144/yr.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionDraft2Digital: Corrected from 'free' after checking D2D's FAQ: publishing needs a $20 one-time activation fee, plus a $12/yr fee for small accounts after the first year.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionIdeogram: Corrected from an unsourced free-tier estimate (~10 a day) to Ideogram's pricing page: weekly free credits that vary, paid plans from $20/mo.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionIngramSpark: Corrected from 'fees not verified' to IngramSpark's pricing page: free account and title setup; you pay print costs per copy.
• 2026-11-09 · Plans recordedKDPTop: Plans listed as Free, Creator $19.99/mo ($199/yr), Pro $39/mo ($390/yr), Team $99/mo ($990/yr); first period 50% off after a 7-day trial.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionLeonardo AI: Added the paid starting price from Leonardo's pricing page: Essential $12/mo, or $10/mo billed yearly. Free plan confirmed at 150 fast tokens a day.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionRecraft: Corrected from an unsourced free-tier figure (50 images a day) to Recraft's pricing page: paid plans from $12/mo; the free plan does not allow commercial use.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionReedsy Studio: Checked against Reedsy's pricing page: the $4.99 tier is the Craft add-on (history, stats, goals), not a planning tier; Outlining is $7.99/mo.
• 2026-11-09 · Our correctionVellum: Corrected from a third-party estimate ($199-249) to the vendor store prices: Vellum Ebooks $199.99, Vellum Press $249.99.

New on KDP123

KDP rules checked against Amazon

• A+ Content for KDP books: where to create it and what's allowed
• Can you put a KDP paperback or hardcover on pre-order?
• How KDP calculates paperback and hardcover printing costs
• KDP AI content disclosure: AI-generated vs AI-assisted
• KDP bleed size and minimum margins by page count
• KDP book description rules: 4,000 characters and supported HTML
• KDP ebook file formats: manuscript and cover requirements
• KDP ebook pre-orders: lead time, final file deadline and penalties
• KDP ebook pricing rules: minimum, maximum and price matching
• KDP ebook royalties: the 35% and 70% options
• KDP Expanded Distribution: eligibility, royalty and restrictions
• KDP hardcover royalties: 60% or 50% minus printing cost
• KDP ISBN rules: free KDP ISBN vs your own, and ebooks
• KDP keywords and categories: 7 keywords, 3 categories
• KDP low-content books: definition, ISBN option and limits
• KDP minimum and maximum page counts by format, paper and ink
• KDP paperback cover size and spine width by page count
• KDP paperback royalties: 60% or 50% minus printing cost
• KDP proof copies and author copies: cost, limits and how to order
• KDP Select rules: exclusivity, renewal, Kindle+ and promotions
• KDP tax interview (tax profile): W-8, withholding and treaties
• KDP title, subtitle, series and contributor rules, plus title limits
• KDP trim sizes for paperback and hardcover books
• KENP royalties: how KDP pays for Kindle+ pages read
• Publishing public domain books on KDP: differentiation and royalties
• When and how KDP pays royalties: schedule, thresholds, methods

Sources and license

• Market figures: KDPTop (kdptop.com): daily snapshots of Amazon.com Best Sellers, New Releases and Top 100 Free lists for the Books and Kindle eBooks category trees, tracked since 2026-10-27. Snapshot taken 2026-11-10 from KDPTop's public API. CC BY 4.0 - quote freely with attribution: "Source: KDPTop (kdptop.com)".
• KDPTop is run by the same team as KDP123. Its numbers are reported as published; we do not adjust or rank them.
• Listings, price changes and rule checks: this site's public repository for the month.
• This report: CC BY 4.0. Downloads: categories CSV, price changes CSV, full JSON.

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