A literary coffee house for the people publishing forgot.
Long-form essays from Jotter's founders and the writers we've invited to make trouble with us — readers, writers, polymaths, the lot of you arguing about books in the same room. No optimised headlines. No tracking the reader to the door. Just the sentences, and a comment thread that's louder than you'd expect.
Why Reading and Writing Should Be Social Again
JMJohn Myler · Founder
Latest essays
Published roughly when there's something worth saying.Why Writers Deserve a Better Deal
Every book, every story, every poem begins with a writer — yet writers have often had the least power over how the ecosystem works. That is not just frustrating. It is backwards.
What I Learned Trying to Get a Book Published
Before Jotter existed, I helped a colleague try to get a book published — and found a system far more complex, slower, narrower, and more intermediated than I had expected. The lessons stayed with me.
Why Reading Matters for a Developing Mind
A developing mind needs more than stimulation. It needs depth — and reading builds forms of mental and emotional capability that are difficult to replicate anywhere else.
The Broken Economics of Traditional Publishing
Publishing performs real functions — but far too much control and value accumulates away from the people who actually create the work. Writers deserve a fairer model.
We Are Losing the Literacy War to the Feed
It doesn't announce itself loudly — it shows up as infinite scroll, disappearing stories, and the steady fragmentation of attention. But make no mistake: we are losing the literacy war to the feed.
Why I Created Jotter
Over a decade ago I went looking for how publishing really works — and found a system that served everyone but the writers and readers at its heart. This is why I built Jotter.
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— John & Phil