Joseph Pote (1703?–1787) was an English publisher, editor and bookseller who carried out his business in Eton (and indeed appears to have kept a boarding house for students of the famous school there.) His connections with the school appear to have been many: he published the school's alumni catalogue in 1730, for example. Much of his output - for example, his 1761 edition of Mela, and his histories of Windsor Castle - are aimed at an educational audience.

A couplet ascribed to Eton boys of the 18th century complains of Pote:

Jos. Pote, a man of great renown

Buys a book for sixpence and sells it for a crown.
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