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Lisa Borders

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Lisa Borders is the author of The Fifty-First State and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a 2003 Massachusetts Book Awards honoree. Her third novel, Last Night at the Disco, will be published in October 2025. She also writes short humor and is a frequent McSweeney's contributor. A New Jersey native, Lisa now lives in Central Massachusetts with her partner and two rescue cats. ...more

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Blog in Progress: Lessons from Little America (Or, How to Survive – and Thrive – on a DIY Book Tour)

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1. Publish with a mighty independent press that creates a beautiful book whose cover warms your heart every time you look at its green and yellow glow. It is very important that you feel this way, as there will be days you’ll need that green and yellow glow to carry you through eleven hours of driving.

2. Find out your publisher’s budget for a book tour, and then figure out how muc

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Average rating: 4.17 · 344 ratings · 97 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Fifty-First State 4.45 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Night at the Disco 3.87 avg rating — 116 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.15 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lisa added a status update: ARCs of LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO (plus a few extra goodies) were mailed out to the Goodreads Giveaway winners on Wednesday. Everyone should get their packages next week. I hope you all enjoy the book!
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