[Capturing select text with a computer?]

It looks like I'll invest in a camera that can take pictures up-close

 

Thanks for the replies

[Capturing select text with a computer?]

when I read and come across a paragraph that strikes me, I want to write it down to look at later, but there must be a better way.

 

does anyone know of a good way of capturing text from a book, just maybe a paragraph, without copying it down by hand?

 

using a hand-held scanner or taking a close-up picture with a digital camera is all I can think of. or do they make some technology for this purpose?

 

I want to catalog, by book, parts that I like. any ideas?