@Fiacha: As your post has nothing to do with 0.8 I suggest opening a separate thread for it. And generally speaking, use the variosu options availabe in the calibre menu(click the arrow next to the calibre icon on the toolbar and look at library maintenance).
@penguinaka: Making that list sortable/copyable is rather more work than I feel motivated to do. But patches are welcome
@speakingtohe: Try 0.7.58