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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers [Abstract] |
Revenue from Contracts With Customers Disaggregated by Segment and Product Type | The following tables present our revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type for the three and six months ended October 31, 2018 and 2017:
|  | Three Months Ended October 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | Research |  |  | Publishing |  |  | Solutions |  |  | Total |  |  | Research |  |  | Publishing |  |  | Solutions |  |  | Total |
Research: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Journals Subscriptions |  | $ | 163,751 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 163,751 |  |  | $ | 170,163 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 170,163 |
Open Access |  |  | 13,780 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 13,780 |  |  |  | 9,350 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9,350 |
Licensing, Reprints, Backfiles and Other |  |  | 41,749 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 41,749 |  |  |  | 41,329 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 41,329 |
Publishing Technology Services (Atypon) |  |  | 9,365 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9,365 |  |  |  | 8,028 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,028 |
Publishing: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
STM and Professional Publishing |  |  | — |  |  |  | 66,902 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 66,902 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 71,460 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 71,460 |
Education Publishing |  |  | — |  |  |  | 52,068 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 52,068 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 57,711 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 57,711 |
Course Workflow (WileyPLUS) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18,429 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18,429 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,310 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,310 |
Test Preparation and Certification |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,377 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,377 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,919 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,919 |
Licensing, Distribution, Advertising and Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,723 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,723 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,585 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,585 |
Solutions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Education Services (OPM) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 29,877 |  |  |  | 29,877 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 29,737 |  |  |  | 29,737 |
Professional Assessment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17,268 |  |  |  | 17,268 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15,821 |  |  |  | 15,821 |
Corporate Learning |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15,333 |  |  |  | 15,333 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 12,318 |  |  |  | 12,318 |
Total |  | $ | 228,645 |  |  | $ | 157,499 |  |  | $ | 62,478 |  |  | $ | 448,622 |  |  | $ | 228,870 |  |  | $ | 164,985 |  |  | $ | 57,876 |  |  | $ | 451,731 |
|  | Six Months Ended October 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | Research |  |  | Publishing |  |  | Solutions |  |  | Total |  |  | Research |  |  | Publishing |  |  | Solutions |  |  | Total |
Research: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Journals Subscriptions |  | $ | 329,709 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 329,709 |  |  | $ | 338,488 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 338,488 |
Open Access |  |  | 24,723 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 24,723 |  |  |  | 18,153 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18,153 |
Licensing, Reprints, Backfiles and Other |  |  | 81,237 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 81,237 |  |  |  | 79,559 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 79,559 |
Publishing Technology Services (Atypon) |  |  | 17,968 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17,968 |  |  |  | 16,297 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,297 |
Publishing: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
STM and Professional Publishing |  |  | — |  |  |  | 132,966 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 132,966 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 135,060 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 135,060 |
Education Publishing |  |  | — |  |  |  | 90,299 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 90,299 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 103,447 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 103,447 |
Course Workflow (WileyPLUS) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,207 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,207 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17,520 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17,520 |
Test Preparation and Certification |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,783 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,783 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,409 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,409 |
Licensing, Distribution, Advertising and Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,165 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,165 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,827 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,827 |
Solutions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Education Services (OPM) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 59,037 |  |  |  | 59,037 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 56,074 |  |  |  | 56,074 |
Professional Assessment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 33,067 |  |  |  | 33,067 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30,708 |  |  |  | 30,708 |
Corporate Learning |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 31,362 |  |  |  | 31,362 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 27,633 |  |  |  | 27,633 |
Total |  | $ | 453,637 |  |  | $ | 282,420 |  |  | $ | 123,466 |  |  | $ | 859,523 |  |  | $ | 452,497 |  |  | $ | 296,263 |  |  | $ | 114,415 |  |  | $ | 863,175 |
Contract Asset and Liability Balances | The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.
|  | October 31, 2018 |  |  | April 30, 2018 (1) |  |  | Increase/ (Decrease) |
Balances from contracts with customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net (2) |  | $ | 236,207 |  |  | $ | 212,377 |  |  | $ | 23,830 |
Contract liability (Deferred revenue) (2) |  |  | 237,184 |  |  |  | 486,353 |  |  |  | (249,169 | )
Contract liability (Deferred revenue) (included in Other Long-Term Liabilities) |  | $ | 12,568 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,568 |
(1) As noted above, prior period amounts have not been adjusted under the modified retrospective method. (2) Due to the adoption of the new revenue standard, the sales return reserve as of October 31, 2018 of $31.1 million is recorded in Contract Liability (Deferred Revenue). In prior periods, it was recorded as a reduction to Accounts Receivable, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

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