Kelise
Maester
I thought paypal took so many fees that they would take most of that $1? At least, that's why most places that accepts donations ask that the lowest be $10US.
I think another issue would be trust. Like BL says, you send your lovely little years-work to someone you don't really know, and they could disappear. There have been cases online where someone gets the full MS of someone, fixes it up within a month or two, and starts sending it out to publishers under their own name.
What a professional author I know does, each time she sends her MS out to ANYONE whether it even be their agent, or just a beta reader, she puts something unique in the copy. That way, if it ended up online, she'd know who the culprit is. So like the watermark, something such as that could be used to deter those looking to rip it off.
I think another issue would be trust. Like BL says, you send your lovely little years-work to someone you don't really know, and they could disappear. There have been cases online where someone gets the full MS of someone, fixes it up within a month or two, and starts sending it out to publishers under their own name.
What a professional author I know does, each time she sends her MS out to ANYONE whether it even be their agent, or just a beta reader, she puts something unique in the copy. That way, if it ended up online, she'd know who the culprit is. So like the watermark, something such as that could be used to deter those looking to rip it off.