I just spent a few days at the London Book Fair - my headline from that would be 'Publishers are terrified of losing role of curators of the written word, in a world where anyone can publish'.

What publishers currently seem to be missing is that in a world where the barriers to publication are reducing to zero, good curating is going to be the commodity that I, as a consumer, will value most highly. By good, I mean 'feels correct to me.'

The problem is volume. First person to discover a means to curate at high volumes is king.

tldr - you are spot on - be good at high volume curating and there is your fortune.