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ballast · 08-14-2010, 02:34 AM

Does anyone have a good way to cut a selection of books and paste the text into something else (e.g. email or a word processor)?

I can use the MS Windows 'snip' tool to capture an image of a screen's worth of material, but it is an image and doesn't work well with a list that is bigger than one screen. I thought maybe there would be a right-click function with multiple books selected that would do something like this, but nothing seem appropriate.

I have been adding my "wish List" books to Calibre using the ISBN feature and I would like to sort out the wish list and produce a printed copy.

kovidgoyal · 08-14-2010, 03:16 AM

click the arrow next to the convert books button and select create catalog

theducks · 08-14-2010, 08:03 AM

What Kovid said, BUT

Select (highlight) your custom list of titles first

Now when you create the Catalog, it will only contain those books.
NB You might want to set a different save name.
Note: the alternate output formats.

ballast · 08-14-2010, 02:46 PM

I knew there had to be a way

- I created a custom "status" column and set it to yes/no. Now when I read a book, I set the status to yes (and get a green check mark) and I use the ISDN entry to enter books that are on my wish list (new, future or just wanted) and set the status to no and get a red X in the status column. Then I won't forget to check periodically to see if any of my wish list titles have become available.

08-14-2010, 02:34 AM	#1
ballast Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	Book Lists Does anyone have a good way to cut a selection of books and paste the text into something else (e.g. email or a word processor)? I can use the MS Windows 'snip' tool to capture an image of a screen's worth of material, but it is an image and doesn't work well with a list that is bigger than one screen. I thought maybe there would be a right-click function with multiple books selected that would do something like this, but nothing seem appropriate. I have been adding my "wish List" books to Calibre using the ISBN feature and I would like to sort out the wish list and produce a printed copy.

08-14-2010, 02:46 PM	#4
ballast Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	you folks are just toooo clever I knew there had to be a way - I created a custom "status" column and set it to yes/no. Now when I read a book, I set the status to yes (and get a green check mark) and I use the ISDN entry to enter books that are on my wish list (new, future or just wanted) and set the status to no and get a red X in the status column. Then I won't forget to check periodically to see if any of my wish list titles have become available.

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08-14-2010, 03:16 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,185 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	click the arrow next to the convert books button and select create catalog

08-14-2010, 08:03 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,898 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	What Kovid said, BUT Select (highlight) your custom list of titles first Now when you create the Catalog, it will only contain those books. NB You might want to set a different save name. Note: the alternate output formats.

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