New York Public Library partners with Zola to offer algorithmic book recommendations

Visitors to the New York Public Library’s website will have a new way to decide what to read next: The library is partnering with New York-based startup Zola Books to offer algorithm-based recommendations to readers.

The technology comes from Bookish, the book discovery site that Zola acquired in early 2014. With the Bookish partnership, the recommendations will be based on the content of a book itself.