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<blockquote data-quote="Beothul" data-source="post: 7816285" data-attributes="member: 77488"><p>Shortsighted at best, '92 may have been 25 yrs ago now, almost forgotten in the mists of time, especially after so much change and growth in the fantasy genre in print, film, and on tabletops. But, I would hesitate to give her too much benefit of the doubt. 92 was about 5 years before bankruptcy, and even if things were ok in 92, it was not long before the trends would show their ugly heads toward failure. Trends that had their source and roots in 92 and even earlier.</p><p></p><p>Surely decisions being made in '92 were part and parcel of the impending failure we now know of. Giving her some benefit of doubt here only confirms that the publishing side of the business, while presumably a money maker and a focus of the business model, was also an anchor that would contribute to the failure. Part of this is precisely the failure of decisionmakers like Williams not being able to see the bigger picture, or maybe more likely already constrained by the trends that ultimately lead to the bankruptcy such that she was not able to take advantage of the opportunity.</p><p></p><p>92 was less than 10 years before Jackson started making the movies, so if there wasn't a movie deal yet, it was surely being bandied about very seriously and Christopher knew this. Probably was not a secret in the business if TSR did any homework. He also knew how much work he had already done in all of Tolkien's additional works and how much was left to do. How many more books of his works have been published in the 2000's? This was a huge opportunity, measurable even in 92 and she missed it or couldn't see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beothul, post: 7816285, member: 77488"] Shortsighted at best, '92 may have been 25 yrs ago now, almost forgotten in the mists of time, especially after so much change and growth in the fantasy genre in print, film, and on tabletops. But, I would hesitate to give her too much benefit of the doubt. 92 was about 5 years before bankruptcy, and even if things were ok in 92, it was not long before the trends would show their ugly heads toward failure. Trends that had their source and roots in 92 and even earlier. Surely decisions being made in '92 were part and parcel of the impending failure we now know of. Giving her some benefit of doubt here only confirms that the publishing side of the business, while presumably a money maker and a focus of the business model, was also an anchor that would contribute to the failure. Part of this is precisely the failure of decisionmakers like Williams not being able to see the bigger picture, or maybe more likely already constrained by the trends that ultimately lead to the bankruptcy such that she was not able to take advantage of the opportunity. 92 was less than 10 years before Jackson started making the movies, so if there wasn't a movie deal yet, it was surely being bandied about very seriously and Christopher knew this. Probably was not a secret in the business if TSR did any homework. He also knew how much work he had already done in all of Tolkien's additional works and how much was left to do. How many more books of his works have been published in the 2000's? This was a huge opportunity, measurable even in 92 and she missed it or couldn't see it. [/QUOTE]
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