No, I’m not asking for donations just yet.  I’m proposing an idea.

You know, there are a lot of book blogs out there where the owners run giveaways on a much more regular basis than I do.  It’s not so much blogger envy that makes me want to run more giveaways as it is the fact I want to reward my followers every now and again.  Unfortunately I don’t exactly have the finances to run multiple giveaways throughout the year on my own dime.  Shipping out the books to the grand prize winner for my 2013 reviewing challenge ate up half of my giveaway budget (which was quite low to begin with).

What I want to know is this: if it only went toward giveaways for followers rather than for my own personal gain, would you be interested in making a small PayPal donation?  Even if just a couple people gave $5 it would help tremendously and of course all donors would be recognized and thanked properly.  I’m thinking of doing a permanent donors link list on my sidebar at the very least, but maybe I’ll even have a page dedicated to the people who help fund my giveaways.  At this point I’m just gauging interest.  If there’s a lot of interest I’ll absolutely implement such a system and if not it’s no big deal because I’m just testing the waters.

Some of the prizes offered as a result of such donations could include any of the following:

• Amazon gift cards/PayPal money
• Print books
• Multiple ebooks
• Special book-related swag like book charms, bookmarks, etc.

Would you be interested in donating money toward giveaways on this blog if the option were available?  Why or why not?

Please, I’m very open to any input and suggestions you guys have for me.  If you think that this is a terrible idea, by all means tell me why.  The same goes if you think this is a good idea.  I’m just looking for some feedback at this point.