push python changes

.github/workflows/build-docs.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.12
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/test-build.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.12
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

README.md

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+# Textbook [![Documentation](https://github.com/AguaClara/Textbook/workflows/Documentation/badge.svg)](https://aguaclara.github.io/Textbook/)
+
+Please enjoy [the AguaClara textbook](https://aguaclara.github.io/Textbook/)!  
+If you are interested in helping out by writing, begin by reading [this page](https://github.com/AguaClara/Textbook/wiki/Contributing-by-writing)!  
+If you are interested in helping out by editing existing sections, begin by reading [this page](https://github.com/AguaClara/Textbook/wiki/Contributing-by-editing)!
+
+## Publishing
+To publish, first ensure all of your changes have been merged into master by following the Pull Request best practices [here](https://github.com/AguaClara/Textbook/wiki/Contributing-by-writing). Then follow these steps:
+
+1. `git checkout master`
+2. `git pull`
+3. `git tag <tagname>`
+   1. To get `<tagname>`, check the latest release and increment by 1, following semantic versioning. For Example, if the current version were `v0.0.76` and there were only small edits the next would be `v0.0.77`. If there were more significant changes it would be `v0.1.0`, and for extremely large changes (maybe a whole new chapter?), `v1.0.0`.
+4. `git push origin <tagname>`
+
+Pushing a tag will kick off the automated release workflow which builds the PDF and HTML documentation.
+
+# Running locally
+We use [act](https://github.com/nektos/act) to run the workflow locally. After installing act, run `act --container-architecture linux/amd64` in the root directory to see a list of workflows that can be run locally. 
+