Sampath Bank debuts digital book finder at Sri Lanka book fair

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka lender Sampath Bank has launched a community-powered book search platform at the Colombo International Book Fair allowing visitors to find the books they are looking for across the fair’s 150+ stalls.

Sampath Book Finder, Sri Lanka’s first community-powered book discovery platform, also allows readers to recommended books they encounter by sharing the title, publisher, hall and stall number.

It turns “the collective knowledge of readers into a real-time digital solution, empowering them to find what they are looking for, discover something new and help others do the same,” Milinda Weerasinghe, Chief Marketing Officer, Sampath Bank PLC, said.

When a book proves difficult to locate, visitors can access bookfairtracker.com or scan the designated QR code and submit a request to the community, allowing readers who have already spotted the title to share its location and help others find it without having to search stall after stall.

SampathCards offers 25 percent cashback for Sampath GPay customers on their purchases and 3 months 0% instalment plans for book purchases at the fair.

The Colombo International Book Fair, organised by the Sri Lanka Book Publishers’ Association, continues at BMICH until 4 October, from 9 am to 9 pm daily. (Colombo/Oct2/2026)