Catalogue: transform each "product entry" as an independent ellement?

Hi
I am creating a catalogue in Indesign.
i created a book and chapters for the different areas.
I have entried each product in an independent page. but whenever I want to reuse each one in another document, I have to manualy COPY PASTE the ellements into another file.
as the catalogue gets more and more extensive and complex, my usability get less easy.
how could I transform each "product entry" as an independent element?
is there any way to independently and easyly ling internal complex elements?
Is there any addon to do this.
I hope anyone can help me.
cristina

Well - if you were building a catalog manually how could you be surprised you do have to manage it manually?
Since this forum is about InDesign plugins developement - does it mean you are looking for a solution from plugin developers?
For myself alone, I'll have a full bunch of different answers about solving the issues you are listing - and much more since you are still far from seeing its real complexity I am afraid.
Catalogs are not minor publishing products and handling them manually is not really making sense as you have already found out.
But from finding this out to solving the actual issues there is a huge gap and many different opportunities: buying the best "addon" will not help you much I am afraid - as there is much more than that - including a products database, to start with...
Try to think the other way around: the layout you have designed is not a catalog starting point but its final output - the core of a catalog is the data you will publish for one or several catalogs. Start by handling the catalog data first then the layout will follow easily. How to bind catalog data to layout is mostly a matter of taste - and budget...
Best regards
Patrick Perroud

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