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Product Development Assets - Schedule of Product Development Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Apr. 30, 2026 | Apr. 30, 2025
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Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Product development assets, gross | $ 299,925 | $ 299,435
Accumulated amortization | (285,430) | (283,382)
Product development assets, net | 14,495 | 16,053
Book composition costs |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Product development assets, gross | 246,770 | 247,442
Software costs |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Product development assets, gross | 51,795 | 50,960
Content development costs |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Product development assets, gross | $ 1,360 | $ 1,033

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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 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://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(17)) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480566/210-10-S99-1 + Details
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