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Product Development Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Apr. 30, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2019
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Product Development Assets [Abstract] |  |
Product development assets | $ 53,643 | $ 62,470
Accumulated amortization | 244,100 | 236,500
Book Composition Costs [Member] |  |
Product Development Assets [Abstract] |  |
Product development assets | 18,744 | 19,197
Work in process | 4,900 | 4,300
Software Costs [Member] |  |
Product Development Assets [Abstract] |  |
Product development assets | 28,995 | 38,048
Content Development Costs [Member] |  |
Product Development Assets [Abstract] |  |
Product development assets | $ 5,904 | $ 5,225

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- Definition Product development assets consist of composition costs and royalty advances to authors. Composition costs, primarily represent the costs incurred to bring an edited commercial manuscript to publication including typesetting, proofreading, design and illustration, etc. Royalty advances to authors are capitalized and, upon publication, are recovered as royalties earned by the authors based on sales of the published works. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of product development assets, which are partially completed at the time of measurement. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Accumulated amortization of other deferred costs capitalized at the end of the reporting period. Does not include deferred finance costs, deferred acquisition costs of insurance companies, or deferred leasing costs for real estate operations. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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