diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index cd2896f232..35d7c846d0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -657,9 +657,14 @@ class ActionEditCollections(InterfaceActionBase):
     name = 'Edit Collections'
     actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.edit_collections:EditCollectionsAction'
 
+class ActionCopyToLibrary(InterfaceActionBase):
+    name = 'Copy To Library'
+    actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.actions.copy_to_library:CopyToLibraryAction'
+
 plugins += [ActionAdd, ActionFetchAnnotations, ActionGenerateCatalog,
         ActionConvert, ActionDelete, ActionEditMetadata, ActionView,
         ActionFetchNews, ActionSaveToDisk, ActionShowBookDetails,
         ActionRestart, ActionOpenFolder, ActionConnectShare,
         ActionSendToDevice, ActionHelp, ActionPreferences, ActionSimilarBooks,
-        ActionAddToLibrary, ActionEditCollections, ActionChooseLibrary]
+        ActionAddToLibrary, ActionEditCollections, ActionChooseLibrary,
+        ActionCopyToLibrary]
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/copy_to_library.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/copy_to_library.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b9e885cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/copy_to_library.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+from PyQt4.Qt import QMenu
+
+from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
+
+class CopyToLibraryAction(InterfaceAction):
+
+    name = 'Copy To Library'
+    action_spec = (_('Copy to library'), 'lt.png',
+            _('Copy selected books to the specified library'), None)
+
+    def genesis(self):
+        self.menu = QMenu(self.gui)
+
+