The main topic of this article is the study of the problems of access to structured information on a certain topic and the organization of social communication of a group of people with similar interests and goals. A comparative analysis of the methods of interaction at the moment is carried out, taking into account the goals and objectives of different groups of society. An image of a software system similar to a social network is proposed, focused on the interaction of schoolchildren, students and other sections of society who are passionate about reading, as well as the search and the ability to share information about books, their content, etc. This article described the reasons for the relevance of developing a social network for people engaged in the search for information and literary publications; some automated business processes are modeled and presented; the problems that will be solved by the developed system were identified and described; various options for using the social network were given with a full description of the flow of events; the main requirements for the interface were described and sketches and layouts of the developed social network were given.