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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contracts With Customers Disaggregated by Segment and Product Type

The following table presents our revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type.

			Three Months Ended October 31,												Six Months Ended October 31,
			2023						2022						2023						2022
Research:
Research Publishing			$	219,743					$	232,641					$	442,743					$	472,164
Research Solutions			37,927						38,718						72,731						74,108
Total Research			257,670						271,359						515,474						546,272
Learning:
Academic			89,125						82,256						137,417						141,004
Professional			59,815						57,393						120,843						118,292
Total Learning			148,940						139,649						258,260						259,296
Held for Sale or Sold			86,198						103,828						170,087						196,837
Total Revenue			$	492,808					$	514,836					$	943,821					$	1,002,405

Contract with Customer, Contract Asset, Contract Liability, and Receivable

The following table provides information about accounts receivable, net and contract liabilities from contracts with customers.

			October 31, 2023						April 30, 2023						Increase/ (Decrease)
Balances from contracts with customers:
Accounts receivable, net			$	147,253					$	310,121					$	(162,868)
Contract liabilities (1)			235,839						504,695						(268,856)
Contract liabilities (included in Other long-term liabilities)			$	19,563					$	17,426					$	2,137

(1) The sales return reserve recorded in Contract liabilities is $26.2 million and $24.6 million, as of October 31, 2023 and April 30, 2023, respectively.

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Tabular disclosure of receivable, contract asset, and contract liability from contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, change in contract asset and contract liability.

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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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