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...and a Happy New Year

31 Dec 2007

So, 2007 is drawing to a close and it is time to look forward to a new great Baedeker year. Here at BDKR.com, we will have a big new addition to the content early in 2008 - one which has been much requested. Just polishing the details now...

This particular addition has in fact consumed all available BDKR time this autumn, so the rest of the site has not changed much, except through the addition of further excellent photography from many of you, for which great thanks are due. In fact, we now have 364 cover pictures, 168 title pages and 54 dust-jackets, in addition to lots of supplements and other stuff (some of which hasn't even got a page yet).

So, the next step will be to put up the as yet homeless photographic material, and then I will finally get on to making the site more interactive. I don't think the forums and Wiki are working very well; they need to be better integrated with the site as a whole. Fortunately, in my professional life, I have now picked up quite a lot of experience on how to make more interactive sites (yes, it's Web 2.0, for devotees of the latest buzzwords). So expect changes of that nature later in 2008.

At the same time, I will revamp the database - its structure has grown a bit haphazardly and it could do with a new format. This should not be noticeable for you, but will make it easier to put up new material and also to consider a possible expansion of the coverage.

Oh, and maybe I'll get some time to do the re-assessment of the guideline prices...

Anyway, whatever may come, we thank all contributors and visitors for their support in 2007, and wish you all the best for an exciting New Year!

P. S. - there are some really good 1860's Schweiz on eBay at the moment!

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