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Product Development Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2024
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:
| 2024 |  | 2023
Book composition costs | $ | 213,811 |  |  | $ | 223,944 |
Software costs | 52,415 |  |  | 94,054 |
Content development costs | 596 |  |  | 11,692 |
Product development assets, gross | 266,822 |  |  | 329,690 |
Accumulated amortization | (249,183) |  |  | (297,369) |
Product development assets, net | $ | 17,639 |  |  | $ | 32,321 |
Amortization expense for product development assets for the years ended April 30, 2024, 2023, and 2022 was $22.8 million, $32.4 million, and $35.2 million, respectively. Product development assets include $2.3 million and $7.4 million of work-in-process as of April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, primarily for book composition costs.

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