The word around the net is that they have about five or six books that have been written since before the shutdown. So it's not a matter of quantity of content at least.
I just hope they pay their writers who didn't get their due after they shut down the first time.
I actualy read somethign form 2 former Decipher staffers that pretty much said there were a few books almost ready to be published when they got fired (one was a head writer on one of those books). And I do hope they get paid, Deciphers mistakes shouldn't screw over ex-emploies like that.
I'm wondering if it's too little too late though, the momentium of the movies is over and lots of people don't want to get back into a game which support still isn't certain. Also they have to start form scratch on talent (I'm assumeing most of the writers are new) and we know that is wasn't until the last few products that LoTR realy started to stand out as a viable game. Though I doubt we'll see a new intrest in Startreck from Decipher considering most licence holders are trying to get out of their contracts with Paramount.
I just read this on theDecipher message board too
The announcement doesn't say that Decipher is going to have any new LotR RPG books written, only that they're going to publish them
and that there were a number of books playtested and ready to be published (in that the books were written and tested)
Paths of the Wise: Guidebook to Loremasters and Magicians
Fields of Battle: Guidebook to Warriors and Barbarians
Helm's Deep
Isengard
Rohan: Realm of the Horse-Lords
ROTK Sourcebook
ROTK Adventure Game
those were listed by someone involved in the books testing.