Share 'Do you giveaway?'

I was looking at my blog timeline which shows me post updates for blogs that I follow, and noticed that many of the book blogs that I follow have giveaways. Is this essentially a way to lure people into following a blog? Please do not get me wrong. I believe that giveaways are great, but I noticed that many of these blogs have daily giveaways, and many followers. Are you more apt to follow a blog…