Forward us the good stuff: the recital, the big game, the birthday party. We’ll send it to the family.
No feed, no ads, no likes, no fluff.
Judy Geller replies to the family paper’s email with two lines, “Ross bought another couch, and this time he paid for delivery. Two men had it upstairs in five minutes.”, and a photo of the couch on the landing. A minute later a receipt comes back with a clipping of how it will run. In the next issue it leads the front page of The Geller Yeller, with the photo above the fold, and the paper remembers that last week the couch got stuck on the stairs.
Judy writes back from the same inbox as always. A minute later a clipping arrives, set in the paper’s own type, showing how the piece will run in the next issue.
Nobody needs an app, an account or a password. The paper arrives by email, one tap opens the whole issue, and every page has a Large print button.
The Geller Yeller to Judy Geller
Got it! It runs Sunday.
Thanks, Judy. Your note and your photo are in for The Geller Yeller on Sunday.
The editors may change it before Sunday.
The Geller Yeller
Sunday, December 3
At home
This Time, the Couch Made the Turn
Ross bought another couch, and this time he paid for delivery. Two men had it upstairs in five minutes.
Name it and add the family’s email addresses. It takes a couple of minutes.
Before each issue, everyone gets one easy question by email.
A few lines or a photo, from the inbox they already use. No app, no password.
On the day you pick, a paper made from what they sent. You check it first.
The paper remembers what your family tells it, and nothing from anywhere else, so the week Ross gets a new couch it can mention the one that got stuck on the stairs. For a big birthday, the family can make a secret issue about one person, who first sees it on the day.
Editors get every issue as a draft first. Tap a story on this page to change it.
Could This Paper Be Any More Ours?
Music
Phoebe needed a day. She also has notes.
A producer heard Phoebe play Smelly Cat at Central Perk and made it into a music video, sung by someone else.
Phoebe found out when it came on TV. She says the song is still hers, and the cat is fine.
The same tools work on every page of the issue.
No. Everything works by email and on the web. Relatives reply to the paper’s email the way they reply to anyone.
Only the people on your paper’s list, and anyone they forward an issue to. Search engines are kept out, there are never any ads, and news about a death, a pregnancy, a divorce or someone’s health always waits for an editor. Privacy and Your Photos
Software writes them from what people sent, using only what’s in the mail, and someone in your family checks every issue before it goes out. How the stories are written
Everyone gets an easy question before the deadline. If nothing comes in after that, the issue is skipped, never padded.
Yes. Every issue downloads as a PDF in newspaper layout, ready for your printer. Mailed copies are coming.
It’s free while we’re in beta. After that there will be a free plan and paid ones, priced per paper however many people read it, and reading and sending things in stay free for everyone else. There will never be ads. Pricing
Welcome aboard. Open the link in the email, or enter the code from it on the join page. You won’t need a password.
A private newspaper for your family, made from their replies.
