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Product Development Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2023
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Product Development Assets | Product Development Assets Product development assets, net were included in Other non-current assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and consisted of the following at April 30:
| 2023 |  | 2022
Book composition costs | $ | 19,067 |  |  | $ | 20,574 |
Software costs | 11,338 |  |  | 17,479 |
Content development costs | 1,916 |  |  | 3,405 |
Product development assets, net | $ | 32,321 |  |  | $ | 41,458 |
Product development assets include $7.4 million and $4.4 million of work-in-process as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of April 30, 2023 and 2022 this is primarily for book composition costs. Product development assets are net of accumulated amortization of $297.4 million and $269.7 million as of April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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