diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Views/ProductsDisplay.axaml b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Views/ProductsDisplay.axaml
index 5c3748a3..1371b44a 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Views/ProductsDisplay.axaml
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Views/ProductsDisplay.axaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 						<DataTemplate>
 							<Button Padding="0" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Click="LiberateButton_Click" ToolTip.Tip="{Binding Liberate.ToolTip}">
 								<Image Stretch="None" Source="{Binding Liberate.Image}" />
+								<!--
 								<Button.ContextMenu>
 									<ContextMenu IsVisible="{Binding !Liberate.IsSeries}">
 										<MenuItem Header="Item 1" Click="ContextMenuItem1_Click" />
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 										<MenuItem Header="Item 3" Click="ContextMenuItem3_Click" />
 									</ContextMenu>
 								</Button.ContextMenu>
+								-->
 							</Button>
 						</DataTemplate>
 					</DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/IInteropFunctions.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/IInteropFunctions.cs
index a6ba31c7..423d438d 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/IInteropFunctions.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/IInteropFunctions.cs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
     {
         void SetFolderIcon(string image, string directory);
         void DeleteFolderIcon(string directory);
+        void CopyTextToClipboard(string text);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
index b05919c9..ac2928a9 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/InteropFactory.cs
@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
         //public static IInteropFunctions Create(string str, int i) => _create(str, i);
         //public static IInteropFunctions Create(params object[] values) => _create(values);
 
+        private static IInteropFunctions instance { get; set; }
         private static IInteropFunctions _create(params object[] values)
-            => InteropFunctionsType is null ? new NullInteropFunctions()
-            //: values is null || values.Length == 0 ? Activator.CreateInstance(InteropFunctionsType) as IInteropFunctions
-            : Activator.CreateInstance(InteropFunctionsType, values) as IInteropFunctions;
+        {
+            instance ??=
+                InteropFunctionsType is null
+                ? new NullInteropFunctions()
+                //: values is null || values.Length == 0 ? Activator.CreateInstance(InteropFunctionsType) as IInteropFunctions
+                : Activator.CreateInstance(InteropFunctionsType, values) as IInteropFunctions;
+            return instance;
+        }
 
         #region load types
 
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/NullInteropFunctions.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/NullInteropFunctions.cs
index 74e891b1..7f0e6908 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/NullInteropFunctions.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/NullInteropFunctions.cs
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ namespace LibationFileManager
 
         public void SetFolderIcon(string image, string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
         public void DeleteFolderIcon(string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
+        public void CopyTextToClipboard(string text) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/GridEntry.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/GridEntry.cs
index 54afcc24..18a86e8a 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/GridEntry.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/GridEntry.cs
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.GridView
 		[Browsable(false)] public abstract DateTime DateAdded { get; }
 		[Browsable(false)] protected Book Book => LibraryBook.Book;
 
-		#region Model properties exposed to the view
+        [Browsable(false)] public abstract bool IsSeries { get; }
+        [Browsable(false)] public abstract bool IsEpisode { get; }
+        [Browsable(false)] public abstract bool IsBook { get; }
 
-		protected RemoveStatus _remove = RemoveStatus.NotRemoved;
+        #region Model properties exposed to the view
+
+        protected RemoveStatus _remove = RemoveStatus.NotRemoved;
 		public abstract RemoveStatus Remove { get; set; }
 
 		public abstract LiberateButtonStatus Liberate { get; }
@@ -56,11 +60,11 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.GridView
 		public string MyRating { get; protected set; }
 		public abstract string DisplayTags { get; }
 
-		#endregion
+        #endregion
 
-		#region Sorting
+        #region Sorting
 
-		public GridEntry() => _memberValues = CreateMemberValueDictionary();
+        public GridEntry() => _memberValues = CreateMemberValueDictionary();
 
 		// These methods are implementation of Dinah.Core.DataBinding.IMemberComparable
 		// Used by GridEntryBindingList for all sorting
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/LibraryBookEntry.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/LibraryBookEntry.cs
index ce1670fb..c37aef3e 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/LibraryBookEntry.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/LibraryBookEntry.cs
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.GridView
 		[Browsable(false)] public override DateTime DateAdded => LibraryBook.DateAdded;
 		[Browsable(false)] public SeriesEntry Parent { get; init; }
 
-		#region Model properties exposed to the view
+		[Browsable(false)] public override bool IsSeries => false;
+        [Browsable(false)] public override bool IsEpisode => Parent is not null;
+        [Browsable(false)] public override bool IsBook => Parent is null;
 
-		private DateTime lastStatusUpdate = default;
+        #region Model properties exposed to the view
+
+        private DateTime lastStatusUpdate = default;
 		private LiberatedStatus _bookStatus;
 		private LiberatedStatus? _pdfStatus;
 
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.Designer.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.Designer.cs
index bca1dec0..7f14884a 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.Designer.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.Designer.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
 			this.gridEntryDataGridView.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1570, 380);
 			this.gridEntryDataGridView.TabIndex = 0;
 			this.gridEntryDataGridView.CellContentClick += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventHandler(this.DataGridView_CellContentClick);
-			this.gridEntryDataGridView.CellToolTipTextNeeded += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler(this.gridEntryDataGridView_CellToolTipTextNeeded);
+			this.gridEntryDataGridView.CellContextMenuStripNeeded += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventHandler(this.gridEntryDataGridView_CellContextMenuStripNeeded);
+            this.gridEntryDataGridView.CellToolTipTextNeeded += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellToolTipTextNeededEventHandler(this.gridEntryDataGridView_CellToolTipTextNeeded);
 			// 
 			// removeGVColumn
 			// 
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.cs
index ab4507be..835e0984 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/ProductsGrid.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,54 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.GridView
 			}
 		}
 
-		private GridEntry getGridEntry(int rowIndex) => gridEntryDataGridView.GetBoundItem<GridEntry>(rowIndex);
+        private void gridEntryDataGridView_CellContextMenuStripNeeded(object sender, DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventArgs e)
+        {
+			var dgv = (DataGridView)sender;
+
+			// cover
+            if (e.ColumnIndex == coverGVColumn.Index)
+                return;
+
+            // any non-stop light
+            if (e.ColumnIndex != liberateGVColumn.Index)
+			{
+                var copyContextMenu = new ContextMenuStrip();
+                copyContextMenu.Items.Add("Copy", null, (_, __) =>
+				{
+					try
+                    {
+                        var text = dgv[e.ColumnIndex, e.RowIndex].Value.ToString();
+                        InteropFactory.Create().CopyTextToClipboard(text);
+                    }
+					catch { }
+                });
+
+                e.ContextMenuStrip = copyContextMenu;
+                return;
+            }
+
+			// else: stop light
+
+            var entry = getGridEntry(e.RowIndex);
+            if (entry.IsSeries)
+                return;
+
+            // \Visual Studio 2022\Libation\Source\LibationAvalonia\Views\ProductsDisplay.axaml
+            /*
+			<ContextMenu IsVisible="{Binding !Liberate.IsSeries}">
+			    <MenuItem Header="Item 1" Click="ContextMenuItem1_Click" />
+			    <MenuItem Header="Item 2" Click="ContextMenuItem2_Click" />
+			    <MenuItem Header="Item 3" Click="ContextMenuItem3_Click" />
+			</ContextMenu>
+			 */
+            //var contextMenu = new ContextMenuStrip();
+            //contextMenu.Items.Add("Item 1");
+            //contextMenu.Items.Add("Item 2");
+            //contextMenu.Items.Add("Item 3");
+            //e.ContextMenuStrip = contextMenu;
+        }
+
+        private GridEntry getGridEntry(int rowIndex) => gridEntryDataGridView.GetBoundItem<GridEntry>(rowIndex);
 
 		#endregion
 
diff --git a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/SeriesEntry.cs b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/SeriesEntry.cs
index e1221009..1ebe5e4f 100644
--- a/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/SeriesEntry.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationWinForms/GridView/SeriesEntry.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.GridView
 		[Browsable(false)] public List<LibraryBookEntry> Children { get; }
 		[Browsable(false)] public override DateTime DateAdded => Children.Max(c => c.DateAdded);
 
-		private bool suspendCounting = false;
+        [Browsable(false)] public override bool IsSeries => true;
+        [Browsable(false)] public override bool IsEpisode => false;
+        [Browsable(false)] public override bool IsBook => false;
+
+        private bool suspendCounting = false;
 		public void ChildRemoveUpdate()
 		{
 			if (suspendCounting) return;
diff --git a/Source/LoadByOS/LinuxConfigApp/LinuxInterop.cs b/Source/LoadByOS/LinuxConfigApp/LinuxInterop.cs
index a2963f1e..08324141 100644
--- a/Source/LoadByOS/LinuxConfigApp/LinuxInterop.cs
+++ b/Source/LoadByOS/LinuxConfigApp/LinuxInterop.cs
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ namespace LinuxConfigApp
 
         public void SetFolderIcon(string image, string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
         public void DeleteFolderIcon(string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
+        public void CopyTextToClipboard(string text) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/LoadByOS/MacOSConfigApp/MacOSInterop.cs b/Source/LoadByOS/MacOSConfigApp/MacOSInterop.cs
index 2fafef09..378e7323 100644
--- a/Source/LoadByOS/MacOSConfigApp/MacOSInterop.cs
+++ b/Source/LoadByOS/MacOSConfigApp/MacOSInterop.cs
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ namespace MacOSConfigApp
 
         public void SetFolderIcon(string image, string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
         public void DeleteFolderIcon(string directory) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
+        public void CopyTextToClipboard(string text) => throw new PlatformNotSupportedException();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/LoadByOS/WindowsConfigApp/WinInterop.cs b/Source/LoadByOS/WindowsConfigApp/WinInterop.cs
index fe3eef35..ff4ef910 100644
--- a/Source/LoadByOS/WindowsConfigApp/WinInterop.cs
+++ b/Source/LoadByOS/WindowsConfigApp/WinInterop.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ namespace WindowsConfigApp
 
         public void DeleteFolderIcon(string directory)
             => new DirectoryInfo(directory)?.DeleteIcon();
+
+        public void CopyTextToClipboard(string text)
+            => Clipboard.SetText(text);
     }
 }