GoFundMe
The world's largest personal fundraising platform, used by some authors to fund book production costs with no deadline, no minimum goal, and free withdrawal any time.
Best for: Authors of memoirs or socially impactful books where the personal story resonates beyond a traditional book-buying audience
Details
- Platform Fee
- 0 %
- Fee Details
- 0% platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing
- Funding Model
- Crowdfunding Platform
GoFundMe is the world's largest personal fundraising platform, better known for medical bills and charitable causes but also used by some authors to fund book production — particularly memoirs, personal stories, and community-relevant works. There are no deadlines, no minimum goals, and funds can be withdrawn at any time.
- Best for: Authors of memoirs, personal narratives, or socially impactful books where the personal story resonates with a broad audience beyond "buy my book" framing
- Key features: No deadline or minimum goal, withdraw funds any time, massive existing user base (36.9M+ monthly visitors), no rewards structure
- Pricing: 0% platform fee; 2.9% + $0.30 per donation; donors can optionally tip GoFundMe
- Limitations: No reward tiers or backer incentive structure; limited discoverability for books — it's not where readers browse for book projects
- When it works: Best when the author's personal story or cause has broad appeal outside the book community; less effective for genre fiction launches
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- Platform Fee:
- 0% platform fee
- Fee Details:
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FundRazr
A Canadian crowdfunding platform supporting individuals and small projects globally, with optional reward perks and both keep-what-you-raise and all-or-nothing funding models.
Also offers Flexible Funding
- Platform Fee:
- 0% platform fee
- Fee Details:
- 0% with Optional Tips, or Fee Recovery (1% on donation forms / 5% on fundraising pages) + 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing
Crowdbound
A UK charity-run crowdfunding platform for books and socially impactful projects, with match-funding opportunities, Gift Aid eligibility, and near-zero fees for underrepresented authors.
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- Platform Fee:
- 1 %
- Fee Details:
- ~1% of funds raised
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