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Clone this repo\n1. In `amazon.js` change the `debug` method to use `true`\n1. In `chrome://extensions`, turn on \"Developer mode\", click \"Load unpacked\", and select this directory\n1. Go to an Amazon page for a book and open the dev console\n1. Install the [Extensions Reloader](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fimgfedafeadlieiabdeeaodndnlbhid) extension for one-click reloading. (You have to remove the extension and re-add it if you change `manifest.json`, however.)\n\n#### History\n\nThis extension used to use CoffeScript, jQuery and moment.js, but the Firefox store didn't like that because they don't want their extensions relying on third-party libraries or something. In 2020 I rewrote this extension to have no dependencies with help from [decaffeinate](https://github.com/decaffeinate/decaffeinate), [You Might Not Need jQuery](http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/), [You Don't Need Moment.js](https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Momentjs#parse), and [caniuse.com](https://caniuse.com/).\n\n### Releasing\n\n1. Make sure the book works on various localized Amazon pages. Examples:\n   - [amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Total-Money-Makeover-Classic-Financial/dp/1595555277)\n   - [amazon.co.uk](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Later-Hard-Case-Crime-Stephen/dp/1789096499)\n   - [amazon.com.au](https://www.amazon.com.au/Malibu-Rising-Taylor-Jenkins-Reid/dp/1786331535/)\n   - [amazon.ca](https://www.amazon.ca/Dude-Perfect-Tricks-Tips-Stuff/dp/1400217075/)\n1. Update the version in `manifest.json`\n1. Install [web-ext](https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext) (`npm i -g web-ext`)\n1. Release for Firefox:\n   1. `web-ext build`\n   1. 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