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The New York Times

org · in 27 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 7 · 2008: 4 · 2009: 4 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 1 · 2012: 5 · 2013: 3

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What the videos say

2007

2008

  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — John found out he will debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for young adult fiction. (00:01:07)
  • 2008-10-25 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters for making it possible for Paper Towns to debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list next week. (00:00:51)
  • 2008-10-25 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says Nerdfighters showed last December they could take over YouTube, but he did not think they could take over the New York Times bestseller list. (00:00:51)
  • 2008-10-29 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — John recalls that in his last video he asked Nerdfighters what he could do for them after they put Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, and they sent requests. (00:00:34)
  • 2008-10-30 · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — Hank announces Paper Towns will spend a second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six, showing people beyond the first Nerdfighter rush are still buying it. (00:01:23)

2009

  • 2009-04-08 · Become a Time Traveller TODAY! — Hank has just finished the first section of his novel, about 150 pages, which John, a New York Times bestselling author, will proofread. (00:00:25)
  • 2009-09-23 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John credits their commitment and organization with putting Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks them for gifts, and says the tour let him meet Nerdfighters. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-11-26 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank congratulates John on Let It Snow, his book with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, becoming a New York Times bestseller, and recommends it as a wintertime 'romp'. (00:03:06)

2010

  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — She was in the New York Times this week, with her picture, by what she calls a weird fluke. (00:01:23)
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Mid-interview she was distracted by her 2010 Rob Pattinson annual and made a Rob Pattinson joke; she implies that joke is what the New York Times quoted. (00:02:22)
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Her advice: never make a Rob Pattinson joke to the New York Times; she had been warned that interviewers quote only the stupidest thing you say, and found it '100% true'. (00:02:51)
  • 2010-11-16 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John describes the New York Times web tool for choosing which taxes to raise and spending to cut to balance the budget, says it has no liberal bias, and encourages viewers to try it. (00:00:29)

2011

2012

  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — Hank introduces John as the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars. (00:00:51)
  • 2012-02-21 · Life is Weird. Also beautiful. — John says he kept lowering Ransom's expectations: of John's four novels a couple made the New York Times bestseller list, but two sold fewer than a hundred copies in their first weeks. (00:02:04)
  • 2012-02-21 · Life is Weird. Also beautiful. — John says Miss Peregrine was an instant bestseller; a few months later The Fault in Our Stars came out, and next week their books will be #1 and #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. (00:02:25)
  • 2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret, a book he really liked. (00:01:41)
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — Hank tells John that, after 385 weeks on bookstore shelves, Looking for Alaska was on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time last week. (00:02:52)
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they have been on the front page of USA Today and the New York Times and, more importantly, of Reddit. (00:01:56)

2013

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. (00:02:45)
  • 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John's novel The Fault in Our Stars returned to number one on the New York Times bestseller list, 56 weeks after it came out. (00:00:00)
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says The Fault in Our Stars, fifteen months after publication, is back at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, passing Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, now No. 2. (00:02:22)