Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o.

What Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o. does

Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o. (CCPress) is a Polish private limited liability company (Sp. z o.o.) founded in 2012 and headquartered in Kraków, Poland. The company operates as a direct-to-consumer online bookstore at ccpress.pl, specializing in Polish-language publications across popular science, philosophy, psychology, physics, cosmology, biology, evolution, history, and autism spectrum topics. Its content catalog includes hundreds of titles spanning physical books, EPUB/MOBI e-books (149 titles), and audiobooks, with editorial associations to internationally recognized figures including Templeton Prize laureate Michał Heller, Daniel C. Dennett, and Roger Penrose.

The business model is a multi-format publishing operation sold almost exclusively through its own e-commerce platform, which is built on Comarch e-Sklep technology and accepts payments via PayU, BLIK, and Google Pay. Pricing is structured in Polish Zloty (PLN) with unit prices typically ranging from 14 PLN clearance items to 149.90 PLN for premium titles, and free domestic shipping on orders over 200 PLN. A tiered loyalty program (Bronze through Diamond, offering 2%–10% discounts based on points accumulated at 1 point per 1 PLN spent) drives repeat purchase behavior, and shipping extends to EU (100 PLN) and non-EU (140 PLN) markets.

The company is privately held with no disclosed parent company, external investors, or funding rounds. Customer segments are horizontal and persona-based — general science readers, students/academics, and educators/professionals — with no institutional or B2B accounts disclosed. Operations are run by approximately 9 employees, with marketing channels spanning the e-commerce storefront, a science blog, email newsletter, Facebook and Instagram, book fairs, and the loyalty program. In 2025, the company received a Mądre Książki Award nomination and continues to publish at a steady cadence.

Name

Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o.

Legal name

Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://ccpress.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Copernicus Center Press is a privately held Polish publisher founded in 2012, selling popular science, philosophy, and psychology books in print, e-book, and audiobook formats to general readers, students, and academics through its direct-to-consumer online bookstore ccpress.pl.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Mass Market & Paperback Publishing (MPAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Popular science publishing
• Philosophy books
• Online bookstore
• Digital book publishing
• Audiobook publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Kraków

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Physical Books: Sale of printed books across categories including popular science, philosophy, physics, cosmology, psychology, biology, evolution, history, autism spectrum, and more.
2. E-books: Sale of digital books in EPUB and MOBI formats. The store offers 149 e-book titles.
3. Audiobooks: Sale of audiobook titles, including mp3.zip format audiobooks, primarily by author Michał Heller.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Copernicus Center Press is a Polish publishing house that publishes and sells physical books, e-books (EPUB and MOBI), and audiobooks (MP3) focused on popular science, philosophy, psychology, physics, cosmology, biology, evolution, history, and autism spectrum topics. Products are sold directly to consumers through their own e-commerce bookstore at ccpress.pl, with shipping within Poland and internationally to EU and non-EU countries.

Product overview

Copernicus Center Press Sp. z o.o. is a Polish scientific publishing house founded in 2012, operating as an e-commerce platform offering physical books, e-books, and audiobooks. The company specializes in popular science, philosophy, psychology, cosmology, physics, biology, evolution, and related academic topics. Their product portfolio includes a core offering of printed books alongside digital formats (EPUB/MOBI e-books and MP3 audiobooks), supported by a newsletter subscription service and a loyalty program that provides tiered discounts (Bronze through Diamond status) based on accumulated points from purchases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CCPress: Shortened brand name used for the Copernicus Center Press publishing house, commonly abbreviated as CCPress in marketing materials and blog posts.

Products and services

• Physical Books (Książki)
• E-books (E-booki)
• Audiobooks (Audiobooki)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Comarch SAcoreTechnology or IntegrationComarch e-Sklep platform powers the ccpress.pl e-commerce website. Comarch SA is the technology provider behind the online bookstore.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wydawnictwo Wielka Litera: Polish publisher focused on non-fiction, popular science, and reportage. Comparable positioning and target audience to Copernicus Center Press, competing for similar readers in the Polish non-fiction market.
• Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN: Major Polish academic and popular science publisher with extensive catalogs across science, philosophy, and humanities. Closely comparable to Copernicus Center Press in publishing focus and Polish-language positioning, though PWN is much larger and includes textbooks.
• Wydawnictwo Znak: Leading Polish publisher with strong catalog in philosophy, spirituality, popular science, and humanities. Comparable editorial territory and reader overlap with Copernicus Center Press, especially in philosophy-of-religion and popular science titles.
• Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Polish academic publisher based in Kraków (same city as CCPress) with strong humanities and science catalog. Overlaps in publishing philosophy and science titles for Polish academic and educated readers.
• Wydawnictwo Olesiejuk: Polish publisher and book distributor with its own online storefront selling popular science and non-fiction. Comparable DTC publishing model with multi-format offerings and online bookstore.
• Prószyński i S-ka (Prószyński Media): One of the largest Polish trade publishers with broad popular science, non-fiction, and fiction catalog. Competes with Copernicus Center Press for the same educated Polish readers purchasing popular science titles, but at materially larger scale.
• Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga: Polish publisher of fiction and non-fiction including popular science titles. Comparable Polish trade publishing footprint and reader base to Copernicus Center Press.
• Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca: Polish publisher with strong presence in popular science, reportage, and non-fiction. Direct overlap with Copernicus Center Press in popular science publishing for Polish readers.

Broad incumbents

• Penguin Random House: World's largest trade publisher with extensive popular science imprints (e.g., Random House, Doubleday). Represents the broad-incumbent competitive backdrop CCPress competes against for reader attention and rights to international bestsellers.
• Oxford University Press: Global academic and trade publisher with deep catalogs in philosophy, science, and humanities. Larger, broader incumbent that competes for the same intellectually curious reader segment CCPress serves in Polish.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CopernicusCenterPress
• Instagraminstagram.com/copernicuscenterpress
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/copernicus-center-press-sp-z-o-o

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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