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Shareholders' Equity
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2012
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity

(9) Shareholders' Equity

Effective November 1, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors approved a plan to purchase and retire up to 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock, or approximately 3% of the shares then outstanding. The Company anticipated that the purchases would be made over a 12- to 24-month period unless the entire number of shares expected to be purchased under the plan was sooner acquired. As of July 31, 2012, the Company had completed its plan and repurchased and retired a total of 200,000 shares of its outstanding common stock. The repurchase of these shares and the costs associated with the repurchase, including brokerage and legal fees, totaled $875,863. As of July 31, 2012, 6,486,100 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding.

On July 16, 2012, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.015 per share on its common stock totaling $99,277. This amount is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2012.