The discussion is dedicated to the future of the e-book. Participants will learn why libraries find it difficult to work with current electronic publications, what solutions readers need, and how access to books can become more convenient, fairer, and more technological for everyone. The e-book increasingly exists within services, subscriptions, and digital platforms. For the average reader, this appears to be a quick way to find the latest releases, but for libraries, it becomes a complex professional task: how to maintain their public role when current literature is increasingly moving into closed commercial ecosystems. The discussion will address what readers choose and what models libraries are offering today. Companies have already learned to sell e-books as a service, but for the library sector, this format often remains expensive, technically complicated, or legally restricted. The issue concerns not only the convenience of reading but also equal access to modern literature. While a library can purchase a physical book and place it on the shelf, digital publications are much more complicated: contracts, platforms, stable budgets, and clear rules for interacting with rights holders are needed. The speaker will be Anton Purnik - Director of the Russian State Library for Youth, Candidate of Economic Sciences. The conversation will be moderated by Denis Davydov - book producer, curator, and host. The meeting will take place as part of the Book Festival "Red Square."