Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 457

"We grew up in the same building, just a few blocks from...

"We grew up in the same building, just a few blocks from here."
"When did you first meet each other?"
"I was three. He was five."
"What’s your first memory of him?"
"Him pulling up his eyelids to scare me in the hallway."

Seen in Midtown

Seen in Midtown

Seen in Midtown

Seen in Midtown

"Make sure you get the hat. I’m all about the hat."

"Make sure you get the hat. I’m all about the hat."

"He teases me!"

"He teases me!"

"I’ve got a whole stack of books in my cart. Most of them...

"I’ve got a whole stack of books in my cart. Most of them are advance copies. I know a place where they get thrown out."

“How many books have you read?”

“Thousands.”

“So why are you homeless?”

“I’ve tried to work a job a bunch of times. But then I get sad, and then I get high, and things fall apart.”

Normally I have to approach people for quotes. But this kid...

Normally I have to approach people for quotes. But this kid walked right up to me, held his certificate in the air, and screamed: “I played at Carnegie Hall!”

So after my last post about $15 HONY books from Amazon and...

So after my last post about $15 HONY books from Amazon and Barnes and Noble, messages began pouring into my inbox. They spoke of legendary coupon codes that would reduce the price of HONY books to $10.50. “Nonsense,” I thought. “Those books are $15 wholesale. No company is going to take a bath like that.”

But apparently it wasn’t nonsense. There was legit plunder to be had. (And I learned the definition of: ‘Loss Leader.’) And as word of this free plunder spread through the HONY diaspora, the pillaging commenced. We shot to the top of the rankings on both sites. “I’ve never seen anything like this [merciless pillaging],” said one seasoned Macmillan executive.

ANYWAY, I wasn’t planning on doing another book promo for a while. But plunder is plunder, and plunder must be pointed out. Until midnight tonight, there are below cost HONY books to be had. I tested the coupon codes this morning just to be sure. And they work. $10.50 books.

**UPDATE: Amazon is currently cleaned out, but there is a shipment on the way from the publisher, due early next week. You can lock in those books at current price.** 

AMAZON:
Coupon Code: BOOKDEAL
http://amzn.to/10sbtW5

BARNES AND NOBLE:
Coupon Code: BFRIDAY30
http://bit.ly/16SycBf

While I was photographing the last post, a pigeon literally took...

While I was photographing the last post, a pigeon literally took a shit on my face.

This afternoon, in a small but festive ceremony in Washington...

This afternoon, in a small but festive ceremony in Washington Square Park, Ricky Syers presented Larry The Pigeon Guy with his own marionette. In response to the honor, Larry said: “Oh shit!”