Originally Posted by
Valarian
It's unlikely that an official version, with library module, would be able to be done. The license sits with Sophisticated Games and, reading between the lines of previous conversations, the license doesn't extend to electronic only products. The publisher, which will be Fria Ligan instead of Cubicle 7, can offer a PDF with a physical product (or of a physical product) but can't offer a PDF product on its own. Releasing an official "game product to enable roleplaying in Middle-earth" might be encroaching too much on other licensees, LOTRO for example.
I'll be doing a conversion of the existing ruleset to second edition once it's available, but I don't think I'll be able to do an official version.