Borders Group Hosts Employee Fiction-Writing Contest
August 2007
Borders Group Inc. announced a writing contest offering all of its 30,000 employees a chance to become a published author under the company’s proprietary publishing program. Employees from Borders and Waldenbooks stores, distribution centers and the corporate office can submit manuscripts under any fiction categorys. A panel of judges will award the winning author a book deal and a listing in Borders’ “Shortlist,” an e-mail promotion that now reaches more than 19.5 million e-mail addresses.
“Our employees are talented and creative individuals who have tremendous passion for books, and we believe that there are many who also have undiscovered writing talent,” says Rob Gruen, executive vice president, merchandising and marketing for Borders Group Inc. “We are excited to discover new authors within our company and to promote their novels to millions of loyal customers who rely on our recommendations. We have such confidence in the talents of our staff that we are anticipating multiple winners and hope to publish fictional works ranging from mysteries and thrillers to romance and historical novels.”
Employees have until January 31, 2008 to submit manuscripts for the contest.
“Our employees are talented and creative individuals who have tremendous passion for books, and we believe that there are many who also have undiscovered writing talent,” says Rob Gruen, executive vice president, merchandising and marketing for Borders Group Inc. “We are excited to discover new authors within our company and to promote their novels to millions of loyal customers who rely on our recommendations. We have such confidence in the talents of our staff that we are anticipating multiple winners and hope to publish fictional works ranging from mysteries and thrillers to romance and historical novels.”
Employees have until January 31, 2008 to submit manuscripts for the contest.
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I've been planning to turn in my notice to the Borders store in Memphis, TN that I currently work at. For a lot of reasons. This article cements it.
I came up with this idea three months ago after trying to read the first book Borders published under their new publishing division. I couldn't finish the book. It was that bad.
I then came up with the idea that there is probably a Borders employee somewhere that could write a better book. And the idea of an "employee writing contest" judged by a panel could be like a literary American Idol. I went to my GM and told her the idea. I asked for the email address of anyone high up in the company. I believed in my idea and wanted to go to the top. She never got back with me on it.
And, now, a few months later, here comes the big Borders press release.
You're welcome, Borders. See ya later...