diff --git a/python/search.py b/python/search.py
index 0dcf56c..49a2cc2 100644
--- a/python/search.py
+++ b/python/search.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ def search_book_cmd(search_strings, search_description=False):
 	books = search_book(search_strings, search_description)
 	format = '%-13s %-10s %-40s %-30s'
 	for book in books:
-		b_id = book.getid() or ''
-		title = cut_str(book.title, 40, '*')
-		authors = map(lambda p: p.first_name+' '+p.last_name,
-			      book.get_authors())
-		authors_str = cut_str(', '.join(authors), 30, '*')
-		print format % (book.isbn, b_id, title, authors_str)
+		print book.to_string(True)
+		#b_id = book.getid() or ''
+		#title = cut_str(book.title, 40, '*')
+		#authors = map(lambda p: p.first_name+' '+p.last_name,
+		#	      book.get_authors())
+		#authors_str = cut_str(', '.join(authors), 30, '*')
+		#print format % (book.isbn, b_id, title, authors_str)
 
 def search_book(search_strings, search_description=False):
 	basic_query = Book.objects.select_related('persons__person','id','alt_titles')
diff --git a/python/web/library/models.py b/python/web/library/models.py
index d6e2258..d144012 100644
--- a/python/web/library/models.py
+++ b/python/web/library/models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from django.db import models
 
-book_fields = {'isbn' : 'ISBN', 'id.id' : 'Identifier', 'title' : 'Title',
-'subtitle' : 'Subtitle', 'category' : 'Category', 'publisher':'Publisher',
-'published_year':'Published year', 'edition' : 'Edition', 'num_pages' : 'Number of pages',
-'series' : 'Series', 'description' : 'Description'}
+book_fields = [('title' , 'Title'), ('isbn' , 'ISBN'), ('id.id' , 'Identifier'), 
+('subtitle' , 'Subtitle'), ('category' , 'Category'), ('publisher' , 'Publisher'),
+('published_year' , 'Published year'), ('edition' , 'Edition'), ('num_pages' , 'Number of pages'),
+('series' , 'Series'), ('description' , 'Description')]
+
+
 
 class Category(models.Model):
 	id = models.CharField(max_length=255, primary_key=True)
@@ -47,16 +49,53 @@ class Book(models.Model):
 	picture = models.ImageField(upload_to='%Y/%m/%d/pictures', null=True, blank=True)
 	thumbnail = models.ImageField(upload_to='%Y/%m/%d/thumbnails', null=True, blank=True)
 	references = models.ManyToManyField(Reference, related_name='books',null=True, blank=True)
-	
-	def full_print(self):
-		for field in book_fields.items():
-			try:
-				print '%-15s: %50s' % (field[1],eval('self.'+field[0]))
-			except Category.DoesNotExist:
-				print '%-15s: %50s' % (field[1], 'Does not exist')
-			except Id.DoesNotExist:
-				print '%-15s: %50s' % (field[1], '')
 
+	#Generate a string from book info
+	def to_string(self, commit=False):
+		scratch = ''
+		authors = ','.join(map(lambda x: str(x),self.get_authors()))
+		if commit:
+			# generate commit string by sending self.to_dict to oysteini function
+			print self.to_dict()
+
+		else:
+			for field in book_fields:
+				try:
+					scratch += '%-15s: %50s' % (field[1],eval('self.'+field[0])) + '\n'
+				except AttributeError:
+					scratch += '%-15s: %50s' % (field[1], '') + '\n'
+			scratch += 'Authors'.ljust(15, ' ') + ':'
+			scratch += authors.rjust(51, ' ')
+
+		scratch += '\n'
+		return scratch 
+
+	def to_dict(self):
+			dict = {}
+			dict['action'] = 'edit-book'
+			for field in book_fields:
+				try:
+					dict[field[0]] = eval('self.'+field[0])
+				except AttributeError:
+					dict[field[0]] = ' '
+			
+			people = self.persons.all()
+			dict['persons'] = {}
+			for person in people:
+				if person.relation.name in dict['persons']:
+					dict['persons'][person.relation.name].append(person.id)
+				else:
+					dict['persons'][person.relation.name] = [person.id]
+
+			dict['references'] = []
+			for reference in self.references:
+				dict['references'].append(reference.text)
+
+			#TODO: add thumbnail and image fields		
+
+			return dict
+
+			
 	def getid(self):
 		if self.id:
 			return self.id.id