The risk is that you're on the hook for the book. You can certainly drop ship, and it's a common practice, but you have no quality control. For example, if you'

The risk is that you're on the hook for the book. You can certainly drop ship, and it's a common practice, but you have no quality control. For example, if you're drop shipping a book in "Good" condition and it gets to the buyer in "Fair" condition and they complain, you're out the money and it's your feedback on the line. From experience, overpricing works when you have better feedback than your competitors.