diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 992f0147..5707dde7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Change log
 
+-Simple Stack 0.6.0 (2017-01-23)
+---------------------------------
+- **Simple Stack is now a library!**
+- Added `BackstackDelegate.getBackstack()` for convenience over `Backstack.get(this)` in Activity
+
 -Simple Stack 0.5.1 (2017-01-23)
 ---------------------------------
 - Added `Bundleable` interface to allow saving view's state to Bundle
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bc1a997..14f76433 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Simple Stack Demo
+# Simple Stack
 
 This is a simple backstack implementation that will serve as basis for a series of Medium articles.
 
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This is a simple backstack implementation that will serve as basis for a series
 - [Part 4: Persisting view-state when using a custom backstack](https://medium.com/@Zhuinden/persisting-view-state-when-using-a-custom-backstack-creating-a-flow-like-backstack-part-4-5e0ba00ed80c#.ktath328c)
 - [Part 5: Hiding Activity-lifecycle integration inside Delegate class](https://medium.com/@Zhuinden/hiding-the-backstacks-activity-lifecycle-integration-in-a-delegate-class-creating-a-flow-like-695fe16338ff#.w3i1pnmj2)
 
+It is theoretically based on Flow 0.9, mixed with some aspects taken from Flow 1.0-alpha; but written from scratch.
+
+The core concept was simplicity: maybe it should try to do less. In fact, even less than less.
+
 ## What is it?
 
 Currently it's the following files:
@@ -45,6 +49,30 @@ The backstack also allows navigation between the states, and enables handling th
 
 Also provides delegate class that hides Activity lifecycle integration, and manages view state persistence.
 
+## Using Simple Stack
+
+In order to use Simple Stack, you need to add jitpack to your project root gradle:
+
+    buildscript {
+        repositories {
+            // ...
+            maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
+        }
+        // ...
+    }
+    allprojects {
+        repositories {
+            // ...
+            maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
+        }
+        // ...
+    }
+
+
+and add the compile dependency to your module level gradle.
+
+    compile 'com.github.Zhuinden:simple-stack:0.6.0'
+
 ## How does it work?
 
 The backstack must be initialized with at least one initial state, and a state changer must be set when it is able to handle the state change.
@@ -53,6 +81,8 @@ Setting a state changer begins an `initialization` (in Flow terms, a bootstrap t
 
 Afterwards, the backstack operators allow changing between states.
 
+But `BackstackDelegate` is provided as a convenience class to hide the Activity lifecycle integration and state persistence.
+
 ``` java
 public class MainActivity
         extends AppCompatActivity
@@ -113,6 +143,7 @@ public class MainActivity
         return super.getSystemService(name);
     }
 
+    // StateChanger implementation
     @Override
     public void handleStateChange(StateChange stateChange, Callback completionCallback) {
         if(stateChange.topNewState().equals(stateChange.topPreviousState())) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 74b2ab0d..93fe790c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         jcenter()
+        maven { url "https://clojars.org/repo/" }
+        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
-
+        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:1.5'
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -14,7 +17,10 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
         jcenter()
+        maven { url "https://clojars.org/repo/" }
+        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/simple-stack/build.gradle b/simple-stack/build.gradle
index 95c2ce1a..f0e39d41 100644
--- a/simple-stack/build.gradle
+++ b/simple-stack/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
+
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 25
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion 14
         targetSdkVersion 25
         versionCode 1
-        versionName "1.0"
+        versionName "0.6.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
     buildTypes {
@@ -25,5 +27,30 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:1.7.1'
     testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19'
     testCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.0'
+    testCompile 'org.apache.maven:maven-ant-tasks:2.1.3'
     androidTestCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
+
+// build a jar with source files
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+    from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+    classifier = 'sources'
+}
+
+task javadoc(type: Javadoc) {
+    failOnError false
+    source = android.sourceSets.main.java.sourceFiles
+    classpath += project.files(android.getBootClasspath().join(File.pathSeparator))
+    classpath += configurations.compile
+}
+
+// build a jar with javadoc
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    from javadoc.destinationDir
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    archives sourcesJar
+    archives javadocJar
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/simple-stack/src/main/java/com/zhuinden/simplestack/BackstackDelegate.java b/simple-stack/src/main/java/com/zhuinden/simplestack/BackstackDelegate.java
index 52a2fb96..0a882896 100644
--- a/simple-stack/src/main/java/com/zhuinden/simplestack/BackstackDelegate.java
+++ b/simple-stack/src/main/java/com/zhuinden/simplestack/BackstackDelegate.java
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ public Backstack getSystemService(String name) {
         return null;
     }
 
+    // ----- get backstack
+
+    public Backstack getBackstack() {
+        if(backstack == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("The backstack within the delegate must be initialized by `onCreate()`");
+        }
+        return backstack;
+    }
+
     // ----- viewstate persistence
 
     public void persistViewToState(View view) {