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The publishing date for The Savage Instinct has been moved to May 18th .  I never realized how much promotional work is done in the months before a book is launched. Here's a quick rundown: Once all the line edits and copyedits are done (and they're exhausting), the book goes onto Net Galley. That's the online site where numerous reviewers from media to librarians to educators and book bloggers apply to read an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of your book and provide a review, which is usually shared to Goodreads. This is a nail-biting time for authors, waiting to discover how your book will be received by people in the biz. You find yourself checking back numerous times a day to see if someone else has left a review and what they have to say. With The Savage Instinct it's been a great experience. So far the book has garnered over 83 amazing reviews. There's such an active community of Instagram book bloggers. I'm amazed at how many of these people are dedicated to pr