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I would indeed mention “Facsimile editions” (possibly with colored extra). I can change "bibliographic reprints" at once in it.

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I think he means: why those eight books…
I think these are determined completely randomly. I would like to be able to set somewhere which books it shows there.

Hi Wasco,
Nice that you are there too.
The fact that those eight books are on display in your shop is because you clicked them and added them to your shop!

Yes, you are actually right. Everyone calls it facsimiles and so does Casterman. Maybe change again then. However, I now saw that the domain facsimile's color has disappeared. What do you say Rene?

1. Recently I was in Italy and ever since then I have a keen interest in DIABOLIK .
The creators and writers of this have long been Angela and Luciana Giusssani. Now I find it a lot of work to fill in all the fields. Isn't that possible automatically?
2. Foreign languages. Of course there must be foreign items, but somehow they have to be linked to (the same) item in another language. (Foreign items do lead to a thousandfold increase in the range of the total catalog.
3. Catawiki is nice! I myself do not use it to keep my collection up to date, but mainly just as a catalog.
It is a new kind of hobby .
4. At first glance I see 8 books in my shop.
What determines which books are displayed there?
Kind Regards
Wasco

There are indeed two "Bee Dee release" series. However, one of the two contained 5 albums, though. I have now converted it to the one that contains all other albums. So it is only now empty.
I also see two publishers "Bee Dee" in the database, both with a large collection of albums, René.
Maybe you can merge them yourself?

Rene,
an album series Bee Dee has been entered twice. (for some reason I don't understand this happened while entering a Bee Dee album, even though I just clicked Bee Dee)
1 of them is now empty. Would you like to remove it please?

In the corridors and from the publisher they really call that series Facsimile.
So I would intuitively call it that…

the (pseudo) color facsimiles were spread over two domains: facsimiles and color bibliographic reprints. To put everything together I have now moved the four that were under facsimiles to color bibliographic reprints. It's a bit of a dilemma because the term facsimile is commonly used. However, the question is when something is really a facsimle and when not. (see also previous posts).
If there are good reasons to put everything correctly in facsimiles, I also think it is best. as long as it is together.

The search results are now always grouped by main category (Comics, Books, Music, etc.) and are shown in a more logical order (for example, in Comics, Series first, then Authors, etc.)
Anyone who has made a suggestion for this: thank you very much for reporting!

We have already removed the (beautiful) baptismal names from Martin Lodewijk. And also with Lohmann. And Morton Walker is now Mort Walker, that's how I know him.
Administrators will soon also be able to do this.

This is an interesting point. On the one hand, the advantage of this way of working is that the information about your own collection is getting better and more complete without you having to do anything yourself. Everyone benefits from everyone's specific knowledge. Not many people know that there are two versions of IC Gulf Oil. Not me anyway.
On the other hand, it can also be annoying if someone splits a series or album into two variants. Then you can indeed get the wrong one in your collection.
I think the most important short-term improvement should be alerting users to significant changes to the items in their collection. This split by Kamiel is one of them. If someone fills in a field that was previously empty, such as the dimensions, then that doesn't seem necessary.
We want to introduce a messaging system that allows everyone to have their own mailbox on the site and you can easily send other users a message. We could use that to report important changes to people who have that item in their collection.
Any other ideas about the issue identified by Kamiel? As long as the messaging system is not there yet, perhaps create a topic for major changes to series and album series?

No, they don't notice anything.
And maybe they just have the Dutch version. Because of this change, they suddenly have the Belgian version in their collection.
It should actually find something that allows you to choose whether or not you want to be notified of changes to albums in your collection in your profile. And that you then create a special e-mail address for that on gmail or something, so that you can view the notifications quietly and dispose of them after agreement. And they do not end up in your regular mailbox.
As is currently the case, I cannot use Catawiki to accurately keep track of my collection and will always have to have another system next to it. So double work.
While Catawiki is actually a fantastic system on its own.
By the way, I have changed your series name again by inserting a letter c in the word "Belgian".

Heb zo juist in de album reeks ‘Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil’ gewijzigd in ‘Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil Belgishe versie’, omdat er ook een Nederlandse versie is van deze reclame uitgave, die ik morgen inbreng.
En nu komt het.
Er waren reeds 2 verzamelaars die deze reeks in hun verzameling opgenomen hadden nl. Ben Helmus en jptexier.
Worden deze verzamelaars op de hoogte gebracht van de verandering of moeten ze dit een of andere keer zelf ontdekken?

Just changed the album series 'Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil' to 'Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil Belgian version', because there is also a Dutch version of this advertising edition, which I will introduce tomorrow.
And now it comes.
There were already 2 collectors who had included this series in their collection, namely Ben Helmus and jptexier.
Will these collectors be notified of the change or will they have to find out for themselves at some point?

Was that sometimes Hot vd Naad?

The error with BSM 109 and 149 is due to the bulk entry.
Mvg Kamiel

Dear Catawiki User,
The third newsletter already. We try to do this weekly and have been around for over 3 weeks. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please reply to this email with “Unsubscribe” in the subject.
Comic Days
Catawiki was present at the Stripdagen in Houten. We had a great run-up to our booth and spoke with enthusiastic (prospective) users for 2 days. That was fun. Quite a few artists also came along who discovered albums of their own in Catawiki that they had already forgotten :-) Artist Jean-Marc van Tol van Fokke and Sukke came to give us his compliments. Our film based on the 3D view in Catawiki - option at the top right of the black bar in a photo gallery - attracted a lot of attention. A photo of our booth just before the start of the fair:

Forum
The forum went live last Thursday, accessible via Discover, among other things. Almost 300 messages have already been posted in a few days. So it immediately goes well. You can easily post a message yourself. Just try (log in first).
Contest!
On the forum you will find a message about the Catawiki Comics Competition in the Comics section under “Comics in general” ( http://forum.catawiki.nl/forums/strips-nieuws/t ... ) with great prizes including an original Blake and Mortimer album from the Lombard Collection and a rare and precious Leblon-Delienne Gaston Flater lamp (issued in a limited edition). You can see this on the next photo of our booth:

Other improvements to the site

• The option “Add image” with which you can quickly add images to an item without seeing the other entry fields. Handy, for example, to quickly add a cover to comics that is still missing.
• At Comics you can now see the relevant series in the left column at authors and publishers. This is very good for clarity.
• The speed of a number of functions has been greatly improved. For example from the main Comics page and from viewing all collectors and their collection or shop. Due to the rapidly increasing number of visitors to the site, we have to monitor the performance well.
  Actions for the coming period
• Presenting search results more logically.
• In Comics improve how story entry works.
• In Comics the grouping of album series (we got a good tip about this through the forum, so do not hesitate to let us know your wishes).
• Improving the administrator website so that the administrators can properly manage the entered and existing data.
• Creating new collection areas in consultation with collectors with a lot of expertise (including enamel billboards, Film / TV / Game collectibles, trading cards, games and puzzles).
  Finally: have you not yet placed a picture in your profile? Then do that. It makes the site much more fun. It may be a photo of yourself or a picture that represents you.
  Have fun on our site!
  René and Marco
  Catawiki

Incidentally, also applies to Brabant Strip Magazine 140. This one has also been included in the list twice and added both times by alkyoto and amiel.

Nieuw ‘foutje’
Brabant Strip nr 109 komt twee keer in de lijst voor, waarvan 1 keer met voorkant 109 en 1 keer met voorkant 110. Beide 109’s zijn zowel door Alkyoto en Kamiel in hun verzameling toegevoegd.

New 'mistake'
Brabant Strip nr 109 appears in the list twice, of which 1 time with front 109 and 1 time with front 110. Both 109's have been added to their collections by both Alkyoto and Kamiel.

Dear Catawiki User,
Catawiki is already 2 weeks old. We receive many positive responses. Publishers, distributors and draughtsmen come up with additions themselves. Experts in areas such as Prins Valiant, Tex Willer and Advertising Strips register as manager. We are all very happy with that!
Clippings / Pre-Publication in Comics
We received many suggestions on the previous Catawiki News. A number of them have been implemented immediately and other issues have been added to our to-do list.
One point that was often reported was that pre-publications in magazines or newspapers - in cut-out form also called “clippings” - were annoyingly placed between the regular albums. This gave a messy picture. We solved this by no longer showing “Snip” items by default. They are not added to the regular items until you check the box next to “Pre-publications / clippings” in the black bar above a photo gallery, list or showcase page. If you add a whole series to your collection in bulk, the clippings will not be added.
The pre-publications are interesting because they indicate when stories were first published. Sometimes it also concerns stories that have not been published or have not been published in the same form as an album.
Example without Pre-publications / clippings:

Example with Pre-publications / clippings:

Help wanted: old comics for the movies!
We are making a video for our stand at the Stripdagen. It offers a bird's eye view of Dutch Comic Strip history based on all items in Catawiki. The period before the war can be represented even better in this. Jilles Bijsterveld in particular has already added quite a few pre-war comics, but some prominent editions are still missing. For example Prikkebeen's early editions (who will add the first?) We would like to ask you to add old comic items that are not yet in the catalog if possible. It is also very welcome to add missing covers of old editions.
See you next weekend in Houten during the Comic Strip Days!
Kind regards,
René Schoenmakers and Marco Jansen - Catawiki

• a forum (starting next week);
  
• mentioning Magazine publications / Clippings in Comics separately: they are now sometimes a bit annoying between the albums; they can be retrieved separately and are then no longer visible by default;
  
• In Comics, the collection areas of Authors and Publishers also contain lists of the series they have made or published, so that there is an immediate overview;
• the “Background Information” option for each collection area in which information about the collection area itself can be added.
  Feedback ?!
  We would also like to hear from you so that we can properly prioritize! We would like to ask you to give us feedback. We are very curious about your experiences with Catawiki and what you would like to see improved. Send us an email!
  Comic Days
  If you are going to the Comic Strip Days in Houten on 27 and 28 September, do not hesitate to drop by our booth (no. 82) at the book fair. We would also like to meet you in person!
  Kind regards,
  René Schoenmakers and Marco Jansen - Catawiki

The archives (films, documentation, etc.) have almost entirely been transferred to the SDCN in Amsterdam.
The foreign Agent 327 albums are the some things I have here.

Exactly. If you publish yourself, you are a publisher and so fill in yourself at Publisher.

Did you take over the archive at the time? Good action. Must be a lot for Catawiki.