diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ Refer to the [documentation](https://pyfatsecret.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) for
 
 ## Contributing
 
-All contributions are welcome! I'm not actively maintaining this library, so there's a good chance that any API changes have not been implemented in this wrapper.
+All contributions are welcome! I'm not actively maintaining this library, so there's a good chance that any API changes have not been implemented in this wrapper.
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diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Simple script to automate the build and release of new packages. 
+# This is based on the deployment guides found at
+# https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/
+
+echo "setting up build tools"
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade twine
+
+echo "creating new build"
+python3 -m build
+
+echo "uploading build assets"
+python3 -m twine upload --repository fatsecret dist/*
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