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+phptherightway-book
+===================
+
+Conversion script to turn phptherightway.com content into the LeanPub book.
+
+**PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY THE `manuscript/` FOLDER MANUALLY!**
+
+It will be overriden next time the convert function is run.
+
+```
+$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/philsturgeon/phptherightway-book.git
+$ php convert.php 
+```