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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of 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 Years Ended April 30, |
|  |  |  |  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Research: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research Publishing |  |  |  |  | $ | 965,767 |  |  | $ | 922,553 |  |  | $ | 892,784 |  |
Research Solutions |  |  |  |  | 164,175 |  |  | 152,906 |  |  | 149,921 |  |
Total Research |  |  |  |  | 1,129,942 |  |  | 1,075,459 |  |  | 1,042,705 |  |
Learning: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Academic |  |  |  |  | 318,757 |  |  | 333,693 |  |  | 323,541 |  |
Professional |  |  |  |  | 227,829 |  |  | 251,075 |  |  | 251,198 |  |
Total Learning |  |  |  |  | 546,586 |  |  | 584,768 |  |  | 574,739 |  |
Held for Sale or Sold |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | 17,382 |  |  | 255,543 |  |
Total Revenue |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,676,528 |  |  | $ | 1,677,609 |  |  | $ | 1,872,987 |  |
Schedule of 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.
| April 30, 2026 |  | April 30, 2025 |  | (Decrease)/ Increase |
Balances from contracts with customers: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 244,164 |  |  | $ | 228,410 |  |  | $ | 15,754 |  |
Contract liabilities (1) | 451,423 |  |  | 462,693 |  |  | (11,270) |  |
Contract liabilities (included in Other long-term liabilities) | $ | 17,230 |  |  | $ | 16,725 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |
(1) | The sales return reserve recorded in Contract liabilities is $11.8 million and $15.1 million as of April 30, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Recently Issued, and Recently Adopted Accounting Standards” for further details of the sales return reserve.
Schedule of Capitalized Contract Cost | We recorded amortization expense related to these assets within Cost of sales on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) as follows:
|  |  |  |  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  |  |  |  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Amortization expense |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,324 |  |  | $ | 1,385 |  |  | $ | 4,527 |  |
Schedule of Shipping and Handling Cost | Costs incurred for third-party shipping and handling are primarily reflected in Operating and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and were incurred as follows:
|  |  |  |  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  |  |  |  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Shipping and handling costs |  |  |  |  | $ | 23,122 |  |  | $ | 23,644 |  |  | $ | 25,853 |  |

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