Gabrielle’s main argument is simple: the future of publishing is not about guessing what readers want. It is about finding emerging hot microtopics within a larger niche before they become mainstream.

Every week, I peer over the mountain of advanced review copies on my desk, wondering which book to read next. Too many books and too little time is the best problem (and career) to have. It may only ...

An algorithm chose every book for three months. It did not recommend badly. It recommended narrowly. The blind spots it revealed were not the machine's. They were mine.