About ikari.press
The name ikari has followed me since 1999, borrowed at twelve from a game on my Amstrad CPC6128. I didn't know then that it meant fury in Japanese — or that years later, I'd discover another meaning: anchor.
Both fit.
Fury is what drives creation — the restless need to build, tinker, disassemble, understand. As a kid, I took apart my toys. Later, I wrote code that thousands used. Today, I build software professionally, but the curiosity never narrowed.
Anchor is what makes things last — craft, care, the patience to get typography right, to respect the weight of a well-made book.
ikari.press publishes books worth holding. Technical guides, retro computing manuals, maybe poetry or fiction — if the quality is there, or the spark, or simply the will to exist in print. Starting with my own work, open to yours.
One person. Real books. Built to last.
What We Publish
ikari.press is a small independent publisher with broad curiosity and narrow standards. We're drawn to:
- Technical books — practical, opinionated, written by practitioners. No filler, no fluff.
- Retro computing — manuals, guides, histories. Preserving and celebrating the machines that shaped us.
- Literature — science fiction, poetry, prose. Work with voice, vision, or something to say.
We believe good books deserve good typography, proper binding, and covers you want to display. Digital editions matter too — but a book should feel like a book first.
The Press
ikari.press is an imprint of IKARI Cezar Pokorski, a Polish company established to do the things its founder always wanted to do — build software, publish books, and maybe one day, solder circuits.
We operate from Poland, publish in Polish and English, and ship wherever books can go.
Small doesn't mean amateur. It means we choose every project, design every page, and stand behind every title.
Submissions
We accept unsolicited manuscripts. If you've written something you believe in — technical, creative, strange, or all three — we'd like to hear about it.
Send a brief pitch and sample to submissions@ikari.press
No reply within 60 days means it wasn't for us. But we do read everything.
Contact
General inquiries:Â hello@ikari.press
Founder: Cezar Pokorski
For software consulting, visit ikari.software.