diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c23283..51669e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ The code in this repository is licensed under the MIT license.
 
 Have a look at [the steps required to extract and prepare the data](STEPS.md)
 
+### Preparing a new release
+
+Run this script to generate release assets in `prepare-release/release-assets`:
+
+`{version}` should be the version tag, e.g. v0.2.0
+
+```bash
+prepare-release/prepare-release.sh {version}
+```
+
 ## Uses
 
 This data is used in the [Q Locator Map Tool](https://github.com/nzzdev/Q-locator-map),
@@ -33,15 +43,14 @@ for which a [demo](https://editor.q.tools) is also available.
 
 ### Countries (overview)
 
-<img src="screenshot_countries.png" alt="Screenshot Countries" width="800">
+<img src="screenshots/countries.png" alt="Screenshot Countries" width="800">
 
 ### Subdivisions (overview)
 
-<img src="screenshot_subdivisions.png" alt="Screenshot Subdivisions" width="800">
+<img src="screenshots/subdivisions.png" alt="Screenshot Subdivisions" width="800">
 
 ### Close-ups
 
-<img src="screenshot_Liechtenstein.png" alt="Screenshot Liechtenstein" width="400">
-
-<img src="screenshot_Appenzell.png" alt="Screenshot Appenzell Innerrhoden" width="400">
+<img src="screenshots/Liechtenstein.png" alt="Screenshot Liechtenstein" width="400">
 
+<img src="screenshots/Appenzell.png" alt="Screenshot Appenzell Innerrhoden" width="400">
diff --git a/STEPS.md b/STEPS.md
index 47f5172..2d8fec6 100644
--- a/STEPS.md
+++ b/STEPS.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Landing page: https://osmdata.openstreetmap.de/data/land-polygons.html
 
 You may want to open the file in mapshaper and check that the polygons do not self-intersect, because clipping with self-intersecting polygons will corrupt data. For example, clipping with these polygons removes most of Japan from the output:
 
-<img src="screenshot_mapshaper.png" alt="Screenshot" width="640">
+<img src="screenshots/mapshaper.png" alt="Screenshot" width="640">
 
 You can also use
 [this snapshot of land polygons](https://nzz-q-assets-stage.s3.amazonaws.com/q-locator-map/land-polygons-complete-4326_2019-11-18.zip)
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ Direct links:
 
 Landing page: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/
 
+## Dependencies
+
+Run
+
+```bash
+npm install
+```
+
+to install the dependencies.
+
 ## Steps
 
 Run this script to execute all steps listed below:
diff --git a/prepare-release/.gitignore b/prepare-release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a882893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prepare-release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/release-assets
diff --git a/prepare-release/copyright-notice/README.txt b/prepare-release/copyright-notice/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e001d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prepare-release/copyright-notice/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Downloaded from https://github.com/nzzdev/osm-regions
+
+LICENSE
+=======
+
+This data is Copyright 2020 OpenStreetMap contributors. It is
+available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
+
+For more information see https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
diff --git a/prepare-release/prepare-release.sh b/prepare-release/prepare-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c98bf4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prepare-release/prepare-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Version argument is missing."
+    exit 1
+fi
+version="$1"
+
+import_osm_root=$(dirname "$0")/../import-osm
+release_assets=$(dirname "$0")/release-assets
+readme=$(dirname "$0")/copyright-notice/README.txt
+
+rm -rf "$release_assets"
+mkdir -p "$release_assets"
+
+###
+# Inputs
+###
+
+# land-polygons-complete-4326 => osmdata-land-polygons-{version}.zip
+zip --junk-paths \
+    "$release_assets"/osmdata-land-polygons-"$version".zip \
+    "$import_osm_root"/00-static-data/land-polygons-complete-4326/*
+
+
+###
+# Ouputs
+###
+
+# Q{###}.json => simplified-regions-{version}.zip
+zip --quiet --recurse-paths --junk-paths \
+    "$release_assets"/simplified-regions-"$version".zip \
+    "$import_osm_root"/06-simplify-regions/output \
+    "$readme"
+
+# countries-clipped.json => countries-geojson-{version}.zip
+zip --junk-paths \
+    "$release_assets"/countries-geojson-"$version".zip \
+    "$import_osm_root"/07-merge-regions/output/countries-clipped.json \
+    "$readme"
+
+# subdivisions-clipped.json => subdivisions-geojson-{version}.zip
+zip --junk-paths \
+    "$release_assets"/subdivisions-geojson-"$version".zip \
+    "$import_osm_root"/07-merge-regions/output/subdivisions-clipped.json \
+    "$readme"
+
+# regions.mbtiles => regions-mbtiles-{version}.zip
+zip --junk-paths \
+    "$release_assets"/regions-mbtiles-"$version".zip \
+    "$import_osm_root"/11-join-tiles/output/regions.mbtiles \
+    "$readme"
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