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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Inventories [Abstract]

Inventories

9. Inventories

Inventories were as follows (in thousands):

	As of July 31,				As of April 30,
	2017		2016		2017
Finished goods	$39,859		$43,102		$38,329
Work-in-process	3,336		6,422		7,078
Paper and other materials	691		3,968		650
	$43,886		$53,492		$46,057
Inventory value of estimated sales returns	7,013		6,179		4,727
LIFO reserve	(3,007)		(4,849)		(2,932)
Total inventories	$47,892		$54,822		$47,852

The decline in Paper and Other Materials from July 31, 2016 was driven by the Company outsourcing the majority of its paper inventory management to third party printers.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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