Palladium Books is in trouble, it appears.
Back in the day (high school) I bought nearly all of the Palladium's Robotech RPG books they published when they held the license. The game system was a bit... uhmm... nebulous but I love Robotech as much as I liked Battletech. I just wished Robotech had been as playable as Battletech. A good friend I gamed with in High school had their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book and several of the Rifts series. Well it appears they are in serious financial trouble. The kicker is its of no fault of the companies business practices but due to the action of a single employee. It appears a sales manager embezzled funds and merchandise on the order of $850,000. Not much money in the corporate world but to a RPG publishing company this is almost certainly a death sentence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_Books#Financial_troubles
http://forums.palladium-megaverse.com/viewtopic.php?t=57048
Not sure there is much to be done. There are several campaigns that are trying to boost Palladium's sales to help save the company. They are also one or more donation campaigns going on. I learned about all this when Stiggybaby's sent me there weekly update. They are offering a 40% discount on all Palladium books in an effort to help do something. Unfortunately I have a stack of RPGs that I don't play already, I don't need another orphaned RPG at the moment, I'm still reading Exalted so it can go in the orphan pile in short order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium_Books#Financial_troubles
http://forums.palladium-megaverse.com/viewtopic.php?t=57048
Not sure there is much to be done. There are several campaigns that are trying to boost Palladium's sales to help save the company. They are also one or more donation campaigns going on. I learned about all this when Stiggybaby's sent me there weekly update. They are offering a 40% discount on all Palladium books in an effort to help do something. Unfortunately I have a stack of RPGs that I don't play already, I don't need another orphaned RPG at the moment, I'm still reading Exalted so it can go in the orphan pile in short order.