A user is exploring options to add books to their niche online shop, either as a main category or order add-ons. They’re questioning whether US-based book dropshipping suppliers exist, given competition from Amazon and potentially thin margins.
Alternative considered:
E-books as a possible option, though licensing and resale permissions remain unclear
Response received:
A Shopify app (bookscloud.io) was introduced offering book dropshipping with access to 1.9M published titles across 6,000 categories
Books can be selected individually or in bulk by category
The app developer is seeking feedback from the community
Status: The original question about US suppliers has one solution proposed, but broader market options and e-book licensing questions remain unaddressed.
Summarized with AI on October 24.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
I am working on a multi-product online shop for a specific nieche. As another category I was thinking to add also books to the portfolio, which can be in educational direction or story books or can be given as an add-on to orders later.
So I was wondering are their suppliers in US for dropshipping of books? Or is there nothing due to stores as amazon or may a small margins?
On the other hand e-books could be an alternative but I have no idea yet whether its even allowed to sell e-books so easily, in case they are not written by me.
We just release our app and wanted to share it with you and the community. We have 1.9M published books in about 6000 categories, so we likely have your niche covered. Also, you can individually select books or can select them in bulk based on an entire category of books.
Would love to get your thoughts about it. Always looking to improve.