diff --git a/publish/pack.sh b/publish/pack.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SOURCE_DIR=../src
+TO_SOURCE_DIR=src
+PACK_DIR=package
+ROOT_DIR=..
+PUBLISH=--publish
+
+install() {
+    npm i
+}
+
+pack() {
+
+    echo 'Clearing /src and /package...'
+    node_modules/.bin/rimraf "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"
+    node_modules/.bin/rimraf "$PACK_DIR"
+
+    # copy src
+    echo 'Copying src...'
+    node_modules/.bin/ncp "$SOURCE_DIR" "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"
+
+    # copy README & LICENSE to src
+    echo 'Copying README and LICENSE to /src...'
+    node_modules/.bin/ncp "$ROOT_DIR"/LICENSE "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"/LICENSE
+    node_modules/.bin/ncp "$ROOT_DIR"/README.md "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"/README.md
+
+    # compile package and copy files required by npm
+    echo 'Building /src...'
+    cd "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"
+    node_modules/.bin/tsc
+    cd ..
+
+    echo 'Creating package...'
+    # create package dir
+    mkdir "$PACK_DIR"
+
+    # create the package
+    cd "$PACK_DIR"
+    npm pack ../"$TO_SOURCE_DIR"
+
+    # delete source directory used to create the package
+    cd ..
+    node_modules/.bin/rimraf "$TO_SOURCE_DIR"
+}
+
+install && pack
diff --git a/publish/package.json b/publish/package.json
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+{
+    "name": "nativescript-publish",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "description": "Publish helper",
+    "devDependencies": {
+      "ncp": "^2.0.0",
+      "rimraf": "^2.5.0"
+    }
+  }
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diff --git a/publish/publish.sh b/publish/publish.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PACK_DIR=package
+
+publish() {
+    cd $PACK_DIR
+    echo 'Publishing to npm...'
+    npm publish *.tgz
+}
+
+./pack.sh && publish