Borders Will Publish Its Employees' Pathetic Little Books
So Borders is having a contest for its 30,000 employees where they are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to their employer, which might then deign to make a book out of them! A "panel of judges at the corporate office" will award "a book deal including the full support of Borders merchandising and marketing arsenal" to the winning employee, according to today's press release. No mention, of course, of the money involved. But! "Our employees are talented and creative individuals who have a tremendous passion for books, and we believe that there are many who also have undiscovered writing talent," says Borders' executive VP for merchandising and marketing. Shelf-stocking slaves should note that they only have until January of 2008 to put (My Employer Is) Extremely Lame And Incredibly Condescending to bed.
