What Neolithic does

Neolit is a small, privately held Croatian publishing house (nakladnička kuća) operating from Koprivnica. The company curates and sells literary books across two principal lines — domestic Croatian literature (domaća književnost) and translated foreign literature (strana književnost) — with titles spanning novels, short prose, drama, poetry, and essays. Its catalog features both recognized international authors (Stefan Zweig, Émile Zola, Ernst Jünger, Wolfgang Borchert, Stig Dagerman, Michele Mari) and domestic writers (Goran Tribuson, Josip Novaković, Ivana Šojat), indicating an editorial strategy focused on literary quality and translation breadth rather than mass-market volume.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model through its own website at neolit.hr, which functions simultaneously as catalog, storefront, and content-marketing platform (including book excerpts, author profiles, and an 'Iz medija' press-coverage section). Unit pricing ranges from €18.90 to €24.90 per title, with free shipping for orders above €30. There is no proprietary technology, no mobile app, no API, and no disclosed partnerships or distribution beyond the DTC storefront. The company is sub-scale (1-10 employees), privately held, and serves a general Croatian literary readership with no named enterprise or institutional customers.

Revenue mechanics are purely transactional book sales with no disclosed subscription, licensing, or advertising streams. The firm shows no funding history, no M&A activity, no disclosed management team, and no quantified revenue figures in the available data. A small but visible pipeline of new title releases across 2026 and a maintained 'U pripremi' (Forthcoming) section suggest continuing editorial activity, but there are no quantitative growth signals to substantiate a trajectory call.

Name

Neolithic

Legal name

Neolit

Website

https://neolit.hr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Neolit is a small private Croatian publishing house that curates and sells literary books — both domestic Croatian works and translated foreign literature — directly to readers via its neolit.hr e-commerce storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

General Trade Publishing (Adult Fiction & Nonfiction) (MPAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mass Market & Paperback Publishing (MPAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Book publishing
• Literary publishing
• Croatian literature
• Translated fiction
• Online bookstore

Headquarters

HQ city

Sveta Nedelja

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Neolit generates revenue through the sale of published books, including both domestic Croatian literature and translated foreign literature. Books are sold at various price points ranging from €18.90 to €24.90. The company operates a direct e-commerce model where customers purchase directly through the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Neolit is a Croatian publishing house (Nakladnička kuća) that publishes and sells literary books through its own e-commerce website at neolit.hr. The catalog spans domestic Croatian literature and translated foreign literature across genres including novels, short prose, drama, poetry, and essays, featuring works by established authors such as Stefan Zweig, Goran Tribuson, Josip Novaković, Émile Zola, Ernst Jünger, and E.T.A. Hoffmann. Books are priced between €18.90 and €24.90, with free shipping offered on orders exceeding €30.

Product overview

Neolit is a Croatian publishing house (nakladnička kuća) that publishes and sells books in both domestic and foreign literature. The product portfolio includes novels (Roman), short prose (Kratka proza), drama, poetry (Poezija), and essays (Esejistika), organized under two main categories: domaća književnost (Croatian/domestic literature) and strana književnost (foreign literature). The company operates an online store for direct sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Books (Knjige) Neolit publishes and sells literary books across two main categories: domestic Croatian literature (domaća književnost) and translated foreign literature (strana književnost). The catalog spans multiple genres including novels (Roman), short prose (Kratka proza), drama, poetry (Poezija), and essays (Esejistika), featuring works by established Croatian and international authors. Titles are sold directly to consumers through the company's online store at neolit.hr at unit prices ranging from €18.90 to €24.90, with free shipping available for orders above €30.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vuković & Runjić: Croatian independent publisher focused on quality literary fiction, essays, and translated works, serving the same Croatian reader base with a similar curated catalog approach.
• Disput: Zagreb-based literary publisher with a comparable mix of domestic and foreign literature across novels, essays, and poetry, competing in the same Croatian-language literary segment.
• Fraktura: Leading Croatian literary publisher operating a comparable model of domestic and translated fiction/nonfiction, with a directly overlapping author base and Croatian market focus. Fraktura is the most comparable domestic literary publisher to Neolit.
• Profil Knjiga: Croatian publisher offering literary fiction, nonfiction, and translated works with retail and wholesale distribution; overlaps with Neolit on catalog content and Croatian market.
• Naklada Ljevak: Established Croatian publisher of literary fiction, essays, and translated works, sharing Neolit's mix of domestic and international authors within the Croatian market.
• Meandar: Croatian publisher specializing in literary fiction and translated foreign authors, with a curated catalog approach similar to Neolit's quality-over-volume positioning.
• Hena Com: Croatian publisher with a literary and translated fiction catalog serving the same Croatian readership, operating with a similar curated independent-publisher profile.

Broad incumbents

• Znanje (Oceanmore): Major Croatian general-interest publisher with extensive literary fiction and translated works; overlaps with Neolit's foreign and domestic literature categories at higher volume.
• Algoritam: One of the largest Croatian publishers with broad fiction, nonfiction, and reference catalog; competes with Neolit across literary and translated titles but at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Sandorf: Regional Central European publisher (Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia) focused on literary fiction and translated works, comparable in editorial profile with cross-border reach Neolit lacks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Neolit_artwork

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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