diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
index b27c9b4ab4..72b305fd78 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
@@ -5,24 +5,68 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 '''
 '''
-import textwrap
+import textwrap, os
 
-from PyQt4.QtCore import QCoreApplication
-from PyQt4.QtGui import QDialog, QPixmap, QGraphicsScene, QIcon
+from PyQt4.QtCore import QCoreApplication, SIGNAL, QModelIndex, QUrl
+from PyQt4.QtGui import QDialog, QPixmap, QGraphicsScene, QIcon, QDesktopServices
 
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.book_info_ui import Ui_BookInfo
 
 class BookInfo(QDialog, Ui_BookInfo):
     
-    def __init__(self, parent, info):
+    def __init__(self, parent, view, row):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
         Ui_BookInfo.__init__(self)
         self.setupUi(self)
-        
-        self.setWindowTitle(info[_('Title')])
         desktop = QCoreApplication.instance().desktop()
         screen_height = desktop.availableGeometry().height() - 100
         self.resize(self.size().width(), screen_height)
+        
+        
+        self.view = view
+        self.current_row = None
+        self.refresh(row)
+        self.connect(self.view.selectionModel(), SIGNAL('currentChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex)'), self.slave)
+        self.connect(self.next_button, SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.next)
+        self.connect(self.previous_button, SIGNAL('clicked()'), self.previous)
+        self.connect(self.text, SIGNAL('linkActivated(QString)'), self.open_book_path)
+        
+    def slave(self, current, previous):
+        row = current.row()
+        self.refresh(row)
+        
+    def open_book_path(self, path):
+        if os.sep in unicode(path):
+            QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl('file:'+path))
+        else:
+            format = unicode(path)
+            path = self.view.model().db.format_abspath(self.current_row, format)
+            if path is not None:
+                QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl('file:'+path))
+        
+        
+    def next(self):
+        row = self.view.currentIndex().row()
+        ni = self.view.model().index(row+1, 0)
+        if ni.isValid():
+            self.view.setCurrentIndex(ni)
+    
+    def previous(self):
+        row = self.view.currentIndex().row()
+        ni = self.view.model().index(row-1, 0)
+        if ni.isValid():
+            self.view.setCurrentIndex(ni)
+    
+    def refresh(self, row):
+        if isinstance(row, QModelIndex):
+            row = row.row()
+        if row == self.current_row:
+            return
+        self.previous_button.setEnabled(False if row == 0 else True)
+        self.next_button.setEnabled(False if row == self.view.model().rowCount(QModelIndex())-1 else True)    
+        self.current_row = row
+        info = self.view.model().get_book_info(row)
+        self.setWindowTitle(info[_('Title')])
         self.title.setText('<b>'+info.pop(_('Title')))
         self.comments.setText(info.pop(_('Comments'), ''))
         
@@ -37,6 +81,15 @@ class BookInfo(QDialog, Ui_BookInfo):
         rows = u''
         self.text.setText('')
         self.data = info
+        if _('Path') in info.keys():
+            p = info[_('Path')]
+            info[_('Path')] = '<a href="%s">%s</a>'%(p, p)
+        if _('Formats') in info.keys():
+            formats = info[_('Formats')].split(',')
+            info[_('Formats')] = ''
+            for f in formats:
+                f = f.strip()
+                info[_('Formats')] += '<a href="%s">%s</a>, '%(f,f)
         for key in info.keys():
             txt  = info[key]
             txt  = u'<br />\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(txt, 120))
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
index d79dbfe5c7..28b27b99b4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>917</width>
-    <height>780</height>
+    <height>783</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle" >
    <string>Dialog</string>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
-   <item>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout" >
+   <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2" >
     <widget class="QLabel" name="title" >
      <property name="text" >
       <string>TextLabel</string>
@@ -23,51 +23,68 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter" >
-     <property name="sizePolicy" >
-      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Expanding" >
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="orientation" >
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <widget class="QGraphicsView" name="cover" />
-     <widget class="QWidget" name="" >
-      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+   <item row="1" column="0" >
+    <widget class="QGraphicsView" name="cover" />
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="1" >
+    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" >
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="text" >
+       <property name="text" >
+        <string>TextLabel</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="alignment" >
+        <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+       </property>
+       <property name="wordWrap" >
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox" >
+       <property name="title" >
+        <string>Comments</string>
+       </property>
+       <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+        <item row="0" column="0" >
+         <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="comments" />
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout" >
        <item>
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="text" >
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="previous_button" >
          <property name="text" >
-          <string>TextLabel</string>
+          <string>&amp;Previous</string>
          </property>
-         <property name="alignment" >
-          <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
-         </property>
-         <property name="wordWrap" >
-          <bool>true</bool>
+         <property name="icon" >
+          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
+           <normaloff>:/images/previous.svg</normaloff>:/images/previous.svg</iconset>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox" >
-         <property name="title" >
-          <string>Comments</string>
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="next_button" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>&amp;Next</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="icon" >
+          <iconset resource="../images.qrc" >
+           <normaloff>:/images/next.svg</normaloff>:/images/next.svg</iconset>
          </property>
-         <layout class="QGridLayout" >
-          <item row="0" column="0" >
-           <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="comments" />
-          </item>
-         </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
       </layout>
-     </widget>
-    </widget>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../images.qrc" />
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
index 5309455b99..c298147497 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel):
         else:
             formats = _('None')
         data[_('Formats')] = formats
+        data[_('Path')] = self.db.abspath(idx)
         comments = self.db.comments(idx)
         if not comments:
             comments = _('None')
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel):
             return data
 
     def get_book_info(self, index):
+        if isinstance(index, int):
+            index = self.index(index, 0)
         data = self.current_changed(index, None, False)
         row = index.row()
         data[_('Title')] = self.db.title(row)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
index 6204bc40ee..711136b6bd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
@@ -1185,8 +1185,7 @@ in which you want to store your books files. Any existing books will be automati
             return
         index = self.library_view.currentIndex()
         if index.isValid():
-            info = self.library_view.model().get_book_info(index)
-            BookInfo(self, info).show()
+            BookInfo(self, self.library_view, index).show()
 
     ############################################################################
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
index d627330f1f..e141812033 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/status.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class BookInfoDisplay(QFrame):
             
         rows = u''
         self.book_data.setText('')
-        self.data = data
+        self.data = data.copy()
         for key in data.keys():
             txt = data[key]
             #txt = '<br />\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(txt, 120))
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/database2.py b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
index d3a231a87c..dbfe0c7592 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/database2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
@@ -418,9 +418,16 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase):
     
     def path(self, index, index_is_id=False):
         'Return the relative path to the directory containing this books files as a unicode string.'
-        id = index if index_is_id else self.id()
+        id = index if index_is_id else self.id(index)
         path = self.conn.execute('SELECT path FROM books WHERE id=?', (id,)).fetchone()[0].replace('/', os.sep)
         return path
+    
+    def abspath(self, index, index_is_id=False):
+        'Return the absolute path to the directory containing this books files as a unicode string.'
+        path = os.path.join(self.library_path, self.path(index, index_is_id=index_is_id))
+        if not os.path.exists(path):
+            os.makedirs(path)
+        return path
             
     
     def construct_path_name(self, id):
@@ -550,13 +557,8 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase):
         return ','.join(ans)
                 
     
-    def format(self, index, format, index_is_id=False, as_file=False, mode='r+b'):
-        '''
-        Return the ebook format as a bytestring or `None` if the format doesn't exist,
-        or we don't have permission to write to the ebook file. 
-        
-        `as_file`: If True the ebook format is returned as a file object opened in `mode` 
-        '''
+    def format_abspath(self, index, format, index_is_id=False):
+        'Return absolute path to the ebook file of format `format`'
         id = index if index_is_id else self.id(index)
         path = os.path.join(self.library_path, self.path(id, index_is_id=True))
         name = self.conn.execute('SELECT name FROM data WHERE book=? AND format=?', (id, format)).fetchone()[0]
@@ -564,8 +566,19 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase):
             format = ('.' + format.lower()) if format else ''
             path = os.path.join(path, name+format)
             if os.access(path, os.R_OK|os.W_OK):
-                f = open(path, mode)
-                return f if as_file else f.read()
+                return path
+    
+    def format(self, index, format, index_is_id=False, as_file=False, mode='r+b'):
+        '''
+        Return the ebook format as a bytestring or `None` if the format doesn't exist,
+        or we don't have permission to write to the ebook file. 
+        
+        `as_file`: If True the ebook format is returned as a file object opened in `mode` 
+        '''
+        path = self.format_abspath(index, format, index_is_id=index_is_id)
+        if path is not None:
+            f = open(path, mode)
+            return f if as_file else f.read()
         self.remove_format(id, format, index_is_id=True)
         
     def add_format(self, index, format, stream, index_is_id=False, path=None):
@@ -578,6 +591,9 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase):
         name = self.construct_file_name(id)
         ext = ('.' + format.lower()) if format else ''
         dest = os.path.join(path, name+ext)
+        pdir = os.path.dirname(dest)
+        if not os.path.exists(pdir):
+            os.makedirs(pdir)
         with open(dest, 'wb') as f:
             shutil.copyfileobj(stream, f)
         stream.seek(0, 2)