My book released today and as excited as I am, I have a couple of minor concerns.

I finally submitted my first book for publishing and waited impatiently for it to go live on Amazon, counting down the 72 hours. I guess I wasn't paying attention to the date when I published it, and just now noticed the publish date for the paperback version is 9/11/2025. As an American, I'm not thrilled to have that as my publishing date, and I didn't even realize it was that date until a day or so later.

Well, in the last couple of days, I've been reading over the proof version the sent me and have been marking it up for changes; minor changes. If I update the book on my bookshelf, will that update the publish date or am I stuck with it? Is my only option to accept it or pull the book off completely and re-publish it (with corrections)?

I know it's a minor thing. I mean, how many people really pay attention to the publishing date? So I'll probably just ignore it, but still...

Additionally, if I update the manuscript with changes, does it take the book off the shelf for review or does it stay there, as-is, until the changes have been reviewed and approved?