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<blockquote data-quote="fearsomepirate" data-source="post: 8242375" data-attributes="member: 7021420"><p>She bankrupted the company. I read an article about how she ran the company a while back that really made it sound like she was running a bust-out operation. There was hardly any attempt to keep revenue on any kind of sustainable footing or service liabilities; TSR under Williams was just staying one step ahead of creditors and pulling out as much cash as possible before the whole thing imploded. The major things I remember were</p><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not paying the printer. Like, their printer would print books, and they would simply not pay him. Ever. At some point, they paid him in kind with an unused building.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exploiting an agreement with Random House where they got no-questions asked cash advances to print books solely for the purpose of getting the advance, with no particular expectation of selling them.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Constantly suing people, hoping for a big payout.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">After WotC took over, they simply stopped doing stupid stuff and had the entire operation profitable in a year. So it wasn't even that AD&amp;D 2e couldn't be profitable. </li>
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[QUOTE="fearsomepirate, post: 8242375, member: 7021420"] She bankrupted the company. I read an article about how she ran the company a while back that really made it sound like she was running a bust-out operation. There was hardly any attempt to keep revenue on any kind of sustainable footing or service liabilities; TSR under Williams was just staying one step ahead of creditors and pulling out as much cash as possible before the whole thing imploded. The major things I remember were [LIST] [*]Not paying the printer. Like, their printer would print books, and they would simply not pay him. Ever. At some point, they paid him in kind with an unused building. [*]Exploiting an agreement with Random House where they got no-questions asked cash advances to print books solely for the purpose of getting the advance, with no particular expectation of selling them. [*]Constantly suing people, hoping for a big payout. [*]After WotC took over, they simply stopped doing stupid stuff and had the entire operation profitable in a year. So it wasn't even that AD&D 2e couldn't be profitable. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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