Kate Jacobs Blog » news http://www.katejacobs.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Bestsellers! Knit the Season & Knit Two http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=391 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=391#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:21:44 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=391

knittwo_pb Great news! After only one week on sale, Knit Two is #20 on The New York Times paperback Bestseller List. And Knit the Seasonlands on The New York Times Extended Bestseller List (for hardcover fiction) at #20 as well. Thank you for your support!

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=391 Kate on tour - and coming to your house! http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=302 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=302#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:38:53 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=302 Just Announced! A new book club visit giveaway! Wish Kate would come on over to your house? Well, here’s your chance. Kate could make a personal visit to chat with your book club! She already speaks with hundreds of book clubs over the phone each year, and in 2010 she’s going to make an in-person trip to talk with one lucky book club. Sign up runs from now until the end of year (and you can read all the official rules here).

p.s. That’s not the only giveaway going on! Join the newsletter and you could win a tote bag.

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=302 Help people in need! Join the Lands’ End & Warming Families knitting campaign. http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=269 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=269#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:57:06 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=269 It’s easy: Knit a hat for charity — download the Vickie Howell-designed pattern (click here) — and bring the finished product to one of my November book signings. If I’m not coming to your area, go to WarmingFamilies for address information. Not a knitter? Reach out to your local yarn shop for help or simply go shopping: Buy a FeelGood sweater at Lands’ End and Lands’ End donates FeelGood yarn to Warming Families.

Lands’ End Hat Pattern: http://www.landsend.com/lp/feelgood/feelgoodbeanie.pdf

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=269 On Sale November 3rd! http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=199 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=199#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:27:20 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=199 FNKC #2

Knit Two paperback
Coming November 3rd! The paperback version of Knit Two!

 

FNKC #3

Knit the Season hardcover


In stores November 3rd! The newest installment in the lives of the members of The Friday Night Knitting Club.

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=199 Invite Kate to Chat with Your Book Club http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=15 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=15#comments Wed, 26 Jul 1989 17:44:54 +0000 admin http://katejacobsbooks.com/blog/?p=15 Kate telephones book clubs every day of the week! Get in touch if you’d like to do the same thing with your group.

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=15 Comfort Food is a new bestseller! http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=121 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=121#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:26:41 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=121 Great News! Your enthusiasm boosted Comfort Food to reach #15 on The New York Times Bestseller list! And it also enjoyed 9 weeks on the NYT Extended bestseller list.

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=121 A New Paperback! http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=60 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=60#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:09:04 +0000 admin http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=60 news_img_fnkcbook.gifThe Comfort Food paperback arrives in stores on April 7th. The novel shares the story of celebrity cook Augusta “Gus” Simpson who shows her friends and family the joy of fulfillment – while also spicing up her own life. Read the first chapter online and find out where Kate is going on her book tour.

Read what people are saying.
]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=60 The Friday Night Knitting Club is a New York Times bestseller! http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=9 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=9#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 18:41:34 +0000 admin http://katejacobsbooks.com/blog/?p=9 news_img_fnkcbook.gifYour support of Kate’s first novel has helped FNKC reach a whopping 1 million copies in print!! Thank you. FNKC spent more than a year on the NYT bestseller list as well as several additional weeks on The New York Times Extended Bestseller List! And there’s more: FNKC has appeared on several bestseller lists including USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Fort-Wayne Gazette, Denver Post, Patriot Ledger, as well as the Dallas Morning News & the Boston Globe, where it also hit #1!!

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=9 Win a Tote Bag http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=14 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=14#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 17:34:32 +0000 admin http://katejacobsbooks.com/blog/?p=14 Sign up for Kate’s newsletter list here and you could be entered to win a tote bag and a signed copy of one of her books!

]]> http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=14 News & Reviews http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=16 http://www.katejacobs.com/blog/?p=16#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 17:28:43 +0000 admin http://katejacobsbooks.com/blog/?p=16 Check out the latest reviews, interviews, and giveaways at the following:

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