242:, and quickly became one of Timeworks' best-selling titles for 1983 and 1984. Sales accordingly doubled, from US$ 2.3 million in 1983 to $ 4.4 million in 1984. It was in the latter year that Timeworks began expanding in earnest, Goldberg hiring Vic Schiller to head a team to convert Timeworks' existing software library to other platforms, including the
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Timeworks' sales rose from $ 9.4 million in 1987 to a peak of $ 10.1 million in 1988. Employment in the company also peaked that year, Timeworks having 100 on its payroll. Sales hovered around the $ 9 million mark between 1989 and 1991 before reaching a new peak of $ 10.7 million
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1927–2006). Goldberg had been a veteran of the merchandising industry before founding
Timeworks, with a self-professed lack of knowledge in computing. Goldberg initially kept their staff lean—having only five people on Timeworks' payroll in 1983—instead preferring to strike deals with freelance
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Within less than two years, Timeworks had roughly 15 productivity software and video game titles in its catalog, including
Electronic Checkbook, Money Manager, Data Manager, and Swiftax, as well as the aforementioned video games. Swiftax, one of the first
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software from her company, Evelyn Wood
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application). This was at a time when the Atari ST's marketshare in the United States was rather poor, especially compared to that of the IBM PC (and
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software developers, both in and out of state, giving them royalties for their software. As an example, two of the company's first video games,
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software package, for multiple platforms. Word Writer sold well in the
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974:"$ 295 Publish-It! Works Like Ventura Publisher, Stresses Ease of Use"
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segment and was generally praised by software critics, especially its
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726:"Timeworks' 'we'll buy it' offer no longer means what you think"
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In 1993, Timeworks was acquired by
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applications and video games. They are perhaps best known for
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657:"SwiftCalc Offers Spreadsheet Capability at a Modest Price"
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Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit
Revolution
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A Manual on Bookselling: How to Open and Run a Bookstore
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version released in 1986. That version was based on the
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925:(24). IDG Publications: 17 – via Google Books.
1072:McCracken, Harry; Jean Osborne (January 16, 1995).
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842:"Software Reviews: Word Writer 128"
703:"Speed Through the Reading Barrier"
473:"Fat profits seen in low-cal foods"
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802:Geiger, Peter (January 23, 1989).
577:"Pillsbury losing taste for pasta"
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888:"What's New from COMDEX"
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419:"Essex joins Timeworks"
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