Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables)

6 Months Ended

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.