It’s All An Experiment, Right?

Andy Romanoff
6 min readNov 22, 2023
Zan writing her review of Stories I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You

This morning I sent an email to people who have read my book, asking them to review it. As I was writing it I realized there were many readers on Medium who had read my short stories, the ones that became chapters and eventually developed into this book. So why not see if anyone here wanted to read the book and review it too?

Here’s my offer, can I send you an E-book to read and review? It won’t cost you anything and if you already read my stuff you know you are probably going to like it. Just email me at andyrmail+bookreview@gmail.com and I’ll send you a link for a free download of Stories I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You. It’s all part of the great mystery of marketing. What will make a difference?

For instance, here’s the email I sent to readers of the book asking for their help and showing them sample reviews. What do you think, will I get reviews?

The end of 2023 is rushing at us — Thanksgiving this week, the year-end holidays coming soon, and then my favorite, New Year’s Day with its promise of new beginnings. I have much to be grateful for this year and it begins with all of you who read my writing and comment on my stories and pictures. Thank you!

One of my good fortunes is that friends and people I met along the way have been very kind, buying books, coming to readings, and sending notes of encouragement. I…

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Andy Romanoff

One part of me knows it doesn’t matter if you read these stories or not, the other part thinks it might be the reason I’m here.