Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

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 nine months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018:

	Three Months Ended January 31,
	2019								2018
	Research		Publishing		Solutions		Total		Research		Publishing		Solutions		Total
Research:
Journals Subscriptions	$	152,291	$	—	$	—	$	152,291	$	160,287	$	—	$	—	$	160,287
Open Access		14,194		—		—		14,194		9,905		—		—		9,905
Licensing, Reprints, Backfiles and Other		50,804		—		—		50,804		45,035		—		—		45,035
Publishing Technology Services (Atypon)		9,064		—		—		9,064		8,262		—		—		8,262
Publishing:
STM and Professional Publishing		—		64,599		—		64,599		—		80,775		—		80,775
Education Publishing		—		37,437		—		37,437		—		48,446		—		48,446
Course Workflow (WileyPLUS)		—		22,935		—		22,935		—		21,406		—		21,406
Test Preparation and Certification		—		9,560		—		9,560		—		7,758		—		7,758
Licensing, Distribution, Advertising and Other		—		11,104		—		11,104		—		11,859		—		11,859
Solutions:
Education Services		—		—		46,207		46,207		—		—		32,242		32,242
Professional Assessment		—		—		14,600		14,600		—		—		13,228		13,228
Corporate Learning		—		—		16,572		16,572		—		—		16,472		16,472
Total	$	226,353	$	145,635	$	77,379	$	449,367	$	223,489	$	170,244	$	61,942	$	455,675

	Nine Months Ended January 31,
	2019								2018
	Research		Publishing		Solutions		Total		Research		Publishing		Solutions		Total
Research:
Journals Subscriptions	$	482,000	$	—	$	—	$	482,000	$	498,775	$	—	$	—	$	498,775
Open Access		38,917		—		—		38,917		28,058		—		—		28,058
Licensing, Reprints, Backfiles and Other		132,041		—		—		132,041		124,594		—		—		124,594
Publishing Technology Services (Atypon)		27,032		—		—		27,032		24,559		—		—		24,559
Publishing:
STM and Professional Publishing		—		197,565		—		197,565		—		215,835		—		215,835
Education Publishing		—		127,736		—		127,736		—		151,893		—		151,893
Course Workflow (WileyPLUS)		—		42,142		—		42,142		—		38,926		—		38,926
Test Preparation and Certification		—		29,343		—		29,343		—		27,167		—		27,167
Licensing, Distribution, Advertising and Other		—		31,269		—		31,269		—		32,686		—		32,686
Solutions:
Education Services		—		—		105,244		105,244		—		—		88,316		88,316
Professional Assessment		—		—		47,667		47,667		—		—		43,936		43,936
Corporate Learning		—		—		47,934		47,934		—		—		44,105		44,105
Total	$	679,990	$	428,055	$	200,845	$	1,308,890	$	675,986	$	466,507	$	176,357	$	1,318,850

Contract Asset and Liability Balances

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.

	January 31, 2019		April 30, 2018 ⁽¹⁾		Increase/ (Decrease)
Balances from contracts with customers:
Accounts receivable, net ⁽²⁾	$	194,764	$	212,377	$	(17,613	)
Contract liability (Deferred revenue) ⁽²⁾		271,541		486,353		(214,812	)
Contract liability (Deferred revenue) (included in Other Long-Term Liabilities)	$	14,722	$	—	$	14,722

⁽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 January 31, 2019 of $36.7 million is recorded in Contract Liability (Deferred Revenue). In prior periods, it was recorded as a reduction to Accounts Receivable, net on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.