Accounts receivable
Intangible assets with determinable lives, accumulated amortization
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Accumulated Depreciation/Amortization
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired
Additional paid-in capital
Earned royalty advances
Depreciation of technology, property and equipment
Advertising costs
Advertising Expense
Advertising Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Member]
Allowance for Inventory Obsolescence [Member]
Inventory Valuation Reserve [Member]
Allowance for Sales Returns [Member]
Amortization of intangibles
Unrecognized loss to be reclassified into net income in the next twelve months
Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedge Gain (Loss) to be Reclassified During Next 12 Months, Net
Restricted Stock [Member]
Time-based Restricted Stock Awards [Member]
Stock Options [Member]
Impairment Charges [Abstract]
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION [Abstract]
Book overdrafts
Basic (in dollars per share)
Goodwill
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount
Identifiable long-lived assets
Revenue of acquiree post acquisition
Business Acquisition [Axis]
Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain]
Allocation of Acquisition Purchase Price to Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Capitalized Software Amortization
Capitalized Computer Software, Net
Balance at beginning of year
Balance at end of year
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash Equivalents
Interest
Change in book overdrafts
Income taxes payable
Inventories
Increase (Decrease) in Inventories
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities Source/(Use), excluding acquisitions
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Common Stock Class B [Member]
Common Class B [Member]
Common Stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Common Stock, shares issued (in shares)
Common Stock
Current provision [Abstract]
Deferred provision (benefit) [Abstract]
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities [Abstract]
Total Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent
Cost of sales
Shipping and handling costs
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Net of Tax
US - Federal
Current Federal Tax Expense (Benefit)
International
Current Foreign Tax Expense (Benefit)
Total current provision
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Total Current Liabilities
Liabilities, Current
Current Liabilities
Other Tax Expense (Benefit)
State and local
Current State and Local Tax Expense (Benefit)
Customer Relationships [Member]
Debt and Available Credit Facilities
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Weighted average interest rate on long-term debt outstanding during the period (in hundredths)
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period
Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Axis]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table]
Class A common shares authorized for issuance under the plan (in shares)
US - Federal
International
Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Total deferred provision
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Deferred tax benefits on U.K. rate changes
Non-cash deferred tax benefit associated with new tax legislation enacted in the U.K.
State and local
Total Deferred Tax Assets
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross
Net Deferred Tax Liabilities
Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities), Net
Net Operating Losses
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards
Accrued Employee Compensation
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Compensation and Benefits, Employee Compensation
Accrued Expenses
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Reserves and Accruals, Accrued Liabilities
Reserve for Sales Returns and Doubtful Accounts
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Reserves and Accruals, Returns and Allowances
Inventory
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Deferred Expense, Capitalized Inventory Costs
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent
Deferred revenue
Deferred Revenue, Current
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Domain]
Defined contribution savings plan expense
Additional deposit required
Derivative, Name [Domain]
Fixed interest rate (in hundredths)
Interest rate swap agreements designated as fully effective cash flow hedges at end of period
Derivative, by Nature [Axis]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative [Table]
Derivative Financial Instruments
Diluted (in dollars per share)
Principles of Consolidation
Severance costs
United States
International
Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash
Effective Income Tax Rate (in hundredths)
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations
Effective income tax rate reconciliation [Abstract]
Deferred Tax Benefit From Statutory Tax Rate Change (in hundredths)
U.S. Federal Statutory Rate (in hundredths)
Benefit from Lower Taxes on Non-US Income (in hundredths)
Other (in hundredths)
State Income Taxes, Net of U.S. Federal Tax Benefit (in hundredths)
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based Compensation [Abstract]
Export sales from the United States to unaffiliated customers
Equity Securities [Member]
Debt financing costs
Payments of Financing Costs
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Major Class Name [Domain]
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life, average (in years)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Axis]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table]
Estimated future amortization expense related to intangible assets [Abstract]
Useful life of intangible assets after classification as finite-lived intangible assets (in years)
Foreign Currency Gains/Losses
Government/Sovereign Securities [Member]
Non-U.S. Plans [Member]
Foreign Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
2017
Future Amortization Expense, Year Five
2016
Future Amortization Expense, Year Four
2013
Future Amortization Expense, Year One
2015
Future Amortization Expense, Year Three
2014
Future Amortization Expense, Year Two
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill [Line Items]
Schedule of Goodwill [Table]
Gross profit
Impaired Intangible Asset, Name [Domain]
Impaired Intangible Assets by Description [Axis]
Impaired Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Schedule of Impaired Intangible Assets [Table]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME [Abstract]
Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes [Abstract]
Total Provision
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations
Income Taxes
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Net interest and penalties charged to tax expense on outstanding unrecognized tax benefit
Accruals for interest and penalties
Income taxes, net
Dilutive Effect of Stock Options and Other Stock Awards (in shares)
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Major Class Name [Domain]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Axis]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Line Items]
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table]
Intangible Assets
Total intangible assets [Abstract]
Intangible assets with determinable lives, at cost
Goodwill
Beginning balance
Ending balance
Intangible assets with indefinite lives, at cost
Interest expense
Interest Expense
Interest rate swaps [Member]
Finished Goods
LIFO Reserve
Inventories
Total Inventories
Inventory, Net
Work-in-Process
Inventory, Work in Process
Gross inventory
Inventory, Gross
Inventory Value of Estimated Sales Returns
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence
Inventory obsolescence reserve
Inventories
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]
LIFO inventories
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:
Amount of financing available under credit facilities
Unused lines of credit
Credit Facilities [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility [Table]
Senior Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Revolving Credit Facility
Long-term Line of Credit
Term Loan Current and Non-current
Loans Payable to Bank
Current portion of long-term debt
Less: Current Portion
Long-Term Debt
Total Long-Term Debt
Total Debt
Amount unrecognized tax benefits may decrease within the next 12 months
Cash Used for Financing Activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
Financing Activities
Cash Used for Investing Activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
Investing Activities
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
Operating Activities
Net Income
Net Income
Net income
Increase for year
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease)
Covenants not to Compete [Member]
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Future minimum payments under operating leases
Operating leases, future minimum payments due [Abstract]
Annual minimum payments, 2013
Annual minimum payments, 2017
Annual minimum payments, 2016
Annual minimum payments, 2015
Annual minimum payments, 2014
Composition of rent expense [Abstract]
Minimum rental
Operating Income
Operating income
Revenue
Revenue
Revenue
Other
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net
Change in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Adjustment, before Tax
Change in unamortized retirement costs, net of tax provision
Unamortized retirement costs, tax (benefit) provision
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
Change in unrecognized loss on interest rate swap, net of a tax provision
Change in unrecognized loss of interest rate swap, tax (benefit) provision
Interest income and other
Other Nonoperating Income
Cash dividends
Payments of Dividends, Common Stock
Pension contributions
Pension Contributions
Pension expense
Retirement Plans
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
Accumulated Benefit Obligations
Actual Return on Plan Assets
Actuarial Gain (Loss)
2018 through 2022
Recognized Net Actuarial Loss
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gains (Losses)
Actuarial Loss
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Net Gains (Losses)
Prior Service Cost
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Net Prior Service Cost (Credit)
Net Amount Recognized in Statement of Financial Position
Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet
AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED IN ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (before tax) [Abstract]
AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION [Abstract]
Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to be recognized in next fiscal year [Abstract]
Benefits Paid
Benefits Paid
CHANGE IN PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION [Roll Forward]
CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS [Roll Forward]
Defined benefit plans, net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]
Employer Contributions
Employees' Contributions
Employee Contributions
Accrued pension liability
Current Pension Liability
Discount Rate (in hundredths)
Expected future benefit payments [Abstract]
Expected employer contributions to the defined benefit pension plans
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Expected Return on Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return on Plan Assets
Fair Value, End of Year
Fair Value of Plan Assets
Fair Value of Plan Assets, Beginning of Year
Foreign Currency Rate Changes
Foreign Currency Rate Changes
Defined Benefit Plan, Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Changes, Plan Assets
Funded Status
Pension plan assets/investments [Abstract]
Interest Cost
Interest Cost
Net Actuarial Loss
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Gains (Losses), before Tax
Net Pension Expense
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost
Amendments and Other
Prior Service Cost
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Prior Service Cost (Credit), before Tax
Rate of Compensation Increase (in hundredths)
Service Cost
Service Cost
WEIGHTED AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS USED IN DETERMINING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES [Abstract]
Weighted-average assumptions [Abstract]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Axis]
Benefit Obligation, Beginning of Year
Benefit Obligation, End of Year
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
Post-retirement benefit expense related to contributory life insurance and health care benefits
Preferred Stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Preferred Stock, shares issued (in shares)
Preferred Stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Borrowings of long-term debt
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and other
Technology, property and equipment, gross
Technology, Property & Equipment
Technology, property and equipment, net
Technology, Property and Equipment [Abstract]
Technology, Property and Equipment
Additions to technology, property and equipment
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment
Paper, Cloth, and Other
Other Inventory, Purchased Goods
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits [Roll Forward]
Repayment of long-term debt
Repayments of Long-term Debt
Purchase of treasury stock
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock
Restructuring Charges [Abstract]
Impairment and restructuring charges
Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions
Accrued severance
Retained earnings
Revenue Recognition
Sales Return Reserves
Changes in and status of the plans' assets and benefit obligations
Inventories
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
Debt and available credit facilities
Activity in goodwill by segment
Technology, property and equipment
Schedule II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]
Segment Information
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
Segment information
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table]
Forfeited (in shares)
Forfeited (in dollars per share)
Granted (in shares)
Granted (in dollars per share)
Nonvested shares at beginning of year (in shares)
Nonvested shares at end of year (in shares)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number
Nonvested shares at beginning of year (in dollars per share)
Nonvested Shares at End of Year
Unrecognized share-based compensation expense
Weighted average period unrecognized share-based compensation is expected to be recognized (in years)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition
Vested and issued (in shares)
Total grant date fair value of restricted shares vested
Vested and issued (in dollars per share)
Options exercisable, number of options (in shares)
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Domain]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Axis]
Options outstanding, number of options (in shares)
Range of exercise prices, upper limit (in dollars per share)
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table]
Remaining shares available for future issuance under the plan (in shares)
Total intrinsic value of options exercised
Exercised (in dollars per share)
Granted (in shares)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures
Granted (in dollars per share)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Fair value of options on grant date (in dollars per share)
Outstanding at end of year
Outstanding at beginning of year (in shares)
Outstanding at end of year (in shares)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share)
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Exercisable at end of year (in shares)
Exercisable at end of year (in dollars per share)
Exercisable at end of year (in years)
Expected dividend yield (in hundredths)
Expected life of options (years)
Expected volatility (in hundredths)
Risk-free interest rate (in hundredths)
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Type and Plan Name [Axis]
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Award Type and Plan Name [Domain]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Summary of stock options outstanding and exercisable, by range of exercise prices
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table]
Shares awarded under the plan (in shares)
Shipping and Handling Costs
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS [Abstract]
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME [Abstract]
Share-Based Compensation
Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts [Abstract]
Capital Stock and Changes in Capital Accounts
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Subsequent Event Type [Axis]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event [Table]
Subsequent Event Type [Domain]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]
Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
Total Current Assets
Assets, Current
Current Assets
Brands and Trademarks [Member]
Trademarks [Member]
Average price of shares repurchased during the period (in dollars per share)
Treasury Stock [Member]
U.S. Plans [Member]
United States Postretirement Benefit Plans of US Entity, Defined Benefit [Member]
Unrecognized tax benefits
Balance at May 1st
Balance at April 30th
Reductions for Lapse of Statute of Limitations
Reductions for Prior Year Tax Positions
Additions for Current Year Tax Positions
Additions for Prior Year Tax Positions
Total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would reduce the Company's income tax provision
Balance at Beginning of Period
Balance at End of Period
Valuation Allowances and Reserves, Balance
Charged to Cost & Expenses
Deductions From Reserves
Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Domain]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Valuation Allowances and Reserves Type [Axis]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Table]
Diluted (in shares)
Basic (in shares)
Less: Unearned Restricted Shares (in shares)
Technology, Property and Equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful life, maximum (in years)
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful life, minimum (in years)
Land and Land Improvements [Member]
Total Assets
Total assets
Other Long-Term Liabilities
Type of Restructuring [Domain]
Employee Severance [Member]
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table]
Stock-Based Compensation
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table]
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping, Disclosure Item Amounts [Axis]
Fair Value, Disclosure Item Amounts [Domain]
Fair value, fair value disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Statement [Table]
Statement [Table]
Statement, Scenario [Axis]
Antidilutive Securities, Name [Domain]
Valuation allowances and reserves [Roll Forward]
Assets:
Statement [Line Items]
Discount Rate (in hundredths)
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate
Expected Return on Plan Assets (in hundredths)
Rate of Compensation Increase (in hundredths)
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair value of intangible assets
Total
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Amounts that Will be Amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) in Next Fiscal Year
Supplementary Financial Information
Quarterly Financial Information [Text Block]
Retirement plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets [Abstract]
Accumulated benefit obligation for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets
Projected benefit obligation for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets
Class of Stock [Domain]
Less Treasury Shares At Cost (Class A - 19,771,896 and 18,577,704; Class B - 3,902,576 and 3,902,576)
Treasury Stock, Value
Unrealized loss on interest rate swap, net of tax
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Cumulative Changes in Net Gain (Loss) from Cash Flow Hedges, Effect Net of Tax
Unamortized retirement costs, net of tax
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Net of Tax
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Common Stock Class A [Member]
Common Class A [Member]
Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation, Operating Activities
Deferred revenue
Other Assets
Other Assets, Noncurrent
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Operating and administrative expenses
Anti-dilutive shares excluded for diluted EPS calculation (in shares)
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, by Antidilutive Securities [Axis]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table]
Acquisitions
Other accrued liabilities
Costs and Expenses
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]
Income Before Taxes
Income before taxes
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment [Table]
Common Stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Treasury Shares At Cost (in shares)
Product Development Assets
Deferred Charges, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Property, Plant and Equipment by Type [Axis]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Foreign and domestic pretax income [Abstract]
Total Shareholders' Equity
Balance
Balance
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent
Provision for Income Taxes
Foreign exchange transaction losses
Foreign exchange transaction losses
Preferred Stock, $1 par value: Authorized - 2 million, Issued - zero
Common Stock [Abstract]
Common (in dollars per share)
Comprehensive Income (Loss):
Accounts receivable
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts and Other Receivables
Content and Publishing Rights [Member]
Acquired Publishing Rights, Determinable Lives [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Statement, Equity Components [Axis]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Equity Component [Domain]
Range of exercise prices, lower limit (in dollars per share)
Impairment and Restructuring Charges [Abstract]
Provisions, impairment and restructuring charges (net of tax)
Expired or forfeited (in shares)
Expired or forfeited (in dollars per share)
Pre-tax impairment charge
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life, minimum (in years)
Finite-lived intangible assets, useful life, maximum (in years)
Shares Issued Under Employee Benefit Plans
Exercise of Stock Options, including taxes
Exercised (in shares)
Number of shares repurchased during the period (in shares)
Foreign currency translation gains (losses)
Statement, Business Segments [Axis]
Segment, Geographical [Domain]
Statement, Geographical [Axis]
Total Costs and Expenses
Costs and Expenses
Purchase of Treasury Shares
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method
Stock Options Outstanding and Exercisable [Roll Forward]
Restricted Shares [Roll Forward]
Weighted Average Grant Date Value [Abstract]
Vested and expected to vest in the future at end of year (in dollars per share)
Vested and expected to vest in the future at end of year
Vested and expected to vest in the future at end of year (in years)
Vested and expected to vest in the future at end of year (in shares)
Weighted-average Black Scholes fair value assumptions by stock option grants [Abstract]
Variable rate loans outstanding
Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Acquisition price
Accrued income taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Shareholders' Equity
Hedging Relationship [Domain]
Inscape Acquisitions
Other [Member]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Asset, Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Equity securities, target allocation percentage (in hundredths)
Real estate, target allocation percentage (in hundredths)
Description of Business
Nature of Operations [Text Block]
Accounts and royalties payable
Other accrued liabilities
Accrued Liabilities, Current
Accrued employment costs
Defined Benefit Plan by Plan Asset Categories [Axis]
Plan Asset Categories [Domain]
Real Estate [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets by Measurement [Axis]
Fair Value Plan Asset Measurement [Domain]
Acceptable ranges within which asset allocations will fluctuate
Deferred Pension Asset
Noncurrent Pension Liability
Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent
Accrued Pension Liability
Accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation for contributory life insurance and health care benefits
Other Postretirement Benefits Payable
Stock-based compensation expense
Asia [Member]
Segment, Geographical, Groups of Countries, Group One [Member]
Other Countries [Member]
Segment, Geographical, Groups of Countries, Group Two [Member]
Other
Stockholders' Equity, Other
Prepaid and other
Foreign translation adjustment
Expenditures for long lived assets
Segment [Domain]
Long-Lived Assets
International Operations [Abstract]
Segments, Geographical Areas [Abstract]
Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Table]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Corporate/Shared Services [Member]
Unallocated Amount to Segment [Member]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis
Product Development Assets [Abstract]
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Description of Business [Abstract]
Inscape Acquisitions [Abstract]
Revenue from external customers based on location of the customer and long-lived assets by geographical area
Composition of rent expense for operating leases
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Provision for income taxes
Reconciliation of effective income tax rate
International and United States pretax income
Weighted average number of shares outstanding reconciliation
Inventories
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Abstract]
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Inventories [Abstract]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Total
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net
Retirement Plans [Abstract]
Pension plan assets at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]
Estimated weighted average fair value for options granted each period
Summary of activity and status of stock option plans
Summary of activity for performance-based and other restricted stock awards
Supplementary Financial Information [Abstract]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]
Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss that are expected to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost during the next fiscal year
Use of Estimates
Net sales return reserves
Customer Refund Liability, Current
Weighted average interest rate on long-term debt at period end (in hundredths)
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Axis]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Segment Information [Abstract]
Subsequent Event [Abstract]
Schedule II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract]
Net sales return reserves by balance sheet location [Abstract]
Total shares of common stock approved for repurchase under the share repurchase program (in shares)
Remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the share repurchase program (in shares)
Less: Sublease rentals
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Sublease Rentals
Range [Axis]
Range [Domain]
Maximum [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Expiration date
Derivative Instrument Risk [Axis]
Income per share [Abstract]
Notional amount of derivative liability
Fair Value of Interest Rate Swap
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Options outstanding, weighted average remaining term (in years)
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Outstanding at end of year (in years)
Exercisable at end of year
Fixed Income Funds [Member]
Forward exchange contracts [Member]
Interest expense [Member]
Foreign exchange transaction losses [Member]
Cash flow hedge [Member]
Not designated as hedging instrument [Member]
Income Statement and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location [Domain]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) by Hedging Relationship [Axis]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) by Income Statement Location [Axis]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) by Hedging Relationship, by Income Statement Location, by Derivative Instrument Risk [Table]
Net losses reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
(Losses)/gains recognized on derivative instruments
Derivative Contract Type [Domain]
Amendment Flag
Current Fiscal Year End Date
Document Period End Date
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
Entity Voluntary Filers
Entity Current Reporting Status
Entity Filer Category
Entity Public Float
Entity Registrant Name
Entity Central Index Key
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding
Document Fiscal Year Focus
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Document Type
Australia [Member]
AUSTRALIA
Canada [Member]
Germany [Member]
United Kingdom [Member]
UNITED KINGDOM
United States [Member]
UNITED STATES
A contractual arrangement with a lender under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time, and under which borrowings outstanding may be either short-term or long-term, depending upon the particulars.
Other Credit Facilities [Member]
Type of credit facility. Credit facilities provide capital to borrowers without the need to structure a loan for each borrowing.
Credit Facilities [Domain]
Information by type of credit facility. Credit facilities provide capital to borrowers without the need to structure a loan for each borrowing.
Credit Facilities [Axis]
Additional amount, not related to the normal provision for doubtful accounts, charged against operations, after taxes, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value. The charge is nonrecurring and infrequent in nature, and is the result of the evaluation of a receivable for which indicating factors have arisen which led to an individual assessment of its collectibility.
Additional Provision For Doubtful Accounts, After Tax
After tax bad debt provision related to Borders Group, Inc.
Disclosure includes new accounting standards issued.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards [Policy Text Block]
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
Disclosure includes prior year amounts required to be reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.
Reclassification [Policy Text Block]
Reclassifications
Element defines deferred loss on interest rate swap recorded as Other Long Term Liabilities.
Deferred Loss On Interest Rate Swap Recorded As Other Long Term Liabilities
Element defines deferred loss on interest rate swap recorded as Other Accrued Liabilities.
Deferred Loss On Interest Rate Swap recorded as Other Accrued Liabilities
Element refers to the vesting percentage for restricted shares awarded.
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Award Restricted Shares Vesting Percentage1
Refers to minimum amounts required for the Company's non-U.S. plans
Minimum amounts required for the Company's non-U.S. plans
Amounts, net of tax, recognized during the period for: (1) impairment allocated to the reportable segment that results from the write-down of indefinite-lived intangible assets after comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit's indefinite-lived intangible asset with the carrying amount of that indefinite-lived intangible asset; and (2) restructuring charges related to a restructuring plan implemented during the period.
Intangible asset impairment and restructuring charges, after tax
Additional amount, not related to the normal provision for doubtful accounts, charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value. The charge is nonrecurring and infrequent in nature, and is the result of the evaluation of a receivable for which indicating factors have arisen which led to an individual assessment of its collectability. The item is post-tax.
Additional Provision for Doubtful Trade Account Post Tax
Element defines portion of the difference between the effective income tax rate and domestic federal statutory income tax rate attributable to tax adjustment items.
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Adjustments
Tax Adjustments
Exercise price range 3 for shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option award plans.
Exercise Price Range3 [Member]
Other postretirement benefits [Abstract]
Future employer contributions [Abstract]
Target allocation percentage of investments in debt securities and cash held to total plan assets presented on a weighted-average basis as of the measurement date of the latest statement of financial position.
Fixed income securities and cash, target allocation percentage (in hundredths)
The aggregate of (1) the amount of the prior service cost or credit recognized in net periodic benefit cost relating to benefit changes attributable to plan participants' prior service pursuant to a plan amendment or a plan initiation, and (2) the amount of the transition obligation or asset recognized in net periodic benefit cost.
Amortization of Prior Service Cost and Transition Asset
The period of time subsequent to termination of employment during which the company provides for the payment of supplemental retirement benefits for certain officers and senior management.
Term of supplemental retirement benefits
Term of supplemental retirement benefits (in years)
Supplemental retirement benefits [Abstract]
Real Estate/Other [Member]
Fixed Income Commingled Funds [Member]
This element represents an investment that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and eventual return of principal at maturity. Also includes plan assets held in cash.
Fixed Income Securities and Cash [Member]
Balanced Managed Funds [Member]
Non-U.S. Equities [Member]
U.S. Equities [Member]
Non-U.S. Commingled Funds [Member]
U.S. Commingled Funds [Member]
Exercise price range 2 for shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option award plans.
Exercise Price Range2 [Member]
Exercise price range 1 for shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option award plans.
Exercise Price Range1 [Member]
Disclosure of accounting policy for cash and cash equivalents with respect to negative balance accounts (overdrafts).
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Book Overdrafts [Policy Text Block]
Book Overdrafts
The number of core businesses the entity operates.
Number of core businesses
This element represents the accumulated amount as of the reporting date of undistributed income derived from the non-U.S. subsidiaries which is otherwise disclosed.
Accumulated undistributed earnings of non-U.S subsidiaries
Earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries [Abstract]
The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of estimated future tax deductions arising from postretirement and post-employment benefits, which can only be deducted for tax purposes when actual costs are incurred, and which can only be realized if sufficient tax-basis income is generated in future periods to enable the deduction to be taken.
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Compensation and Benefits, Retirement and post-employment benefits
Retirement and Post-Employment Benefits
The cumulative amount of the estimated future tax effects attributable to the difference between the tax basis of tangible and intangible assets and the basis of tangible and intangible assets computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The difference in basis, whether due to amortization or other reasons, will increase future taxable income when such difference reverses.
Deferred tax liabilities, Intangible and tangible Assets
Intangible and Fixed Assets
Change in the balance sheet adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into functional currency of the reporting entity for the period being reported.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Foreign Translation Adjustment
Foreign Translation Adjustment
The corporate income tax rate for the company's operations in the United Kingdom.
Corporate income tax rate, U.K.
Corporate income tax rate, U.K. (in hundredths)
Accumulated amortization of composition costs.
Accumulated Amortization of Composition Costs
Accumulated amortization of composition costs
Tabular disclosure of product development assets.
Schedule of Product Development Assets [Table Text Block]
Product Development Assets
The disclosure related to royalty advances and composition costs.
Product Development Assets [Text Block]
Product Development Assets
The aggregate of finite-lived intangible assets consisting of content and publication rights, trademarks, customer relationships and brands.
Content and publication rights, trademarks, customer relationships and brands [Member]
Period to recover charges, in months.
Period to recover charges
Refers to Reversal of an income tax reserve recorded in conjunction with the Blackwell acquisition
Reversal of an income tax reserve recorded in conjunction with the Blackwell acquisition
The portion of the Credit Agreement with Bank of America and Royal Bank of Scotland consisting of a term loan maturing on February 2, 2013.
Term Loan due 2013 [Member]
The portion of the Credit Agreement with Bank of America and Royal Bank of Scotland consisting of a revolving credit facility that matured on February 2, 2012.
Revolving Credit Facility due 2012 [Member]
The Credit Agreement entered into in connection with the Blackwell acquisition in fiscal year 2007 with Bank of America and Royal Bank of Scotland consisting of a revolving credit facility and a term loan.
Credit Agreement [Member]
The change, per share, during the period in the entity's deferred tax assets and liabilities. Items affecting deferred income taxes would also be designated as "Other"; e.g., adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity and other adjustments.
Deferred Other Tax Expense (Benefit), Per Share
Non-cash deferred tax benefit associated with new tax legislation enacted in the U.K. (in dollars per diluted share)
Refers to company recorded tax benefits related to the expiration of the statute of limitations and favorable resolutions.
Recorded tax benefits
The period after which the variable interest rate is reset based on the reference rate (e.g., LIBOR, U.S. Treasury Rate). During the term of the derivative instrument, the variable interest rate will be reset at regular intervals corresponding to this reset period.
Basis Of Variable Interest Rate Reference Rate Reset Period
Basis of variable interest rate, reference rate reset period (in months)
The number of interest rate swap agreements that were designated as fully effective cash flow hedges and that expired during the fiscal period.
Interest rate swap agreements designated as fully effective cash flow hedges that expired during the fiscal period
Forward based contracts in which two parties agree to swap periodic payments that are fixed at the outset of the swap contract with variable payments based on a market interest rate (index rate) over a specified period. This interest rate swap agreement fixed a portion of the variable interest due on the variable rate loans outstanding.
Interest rate swap (variable rate loans) [Member]
Forward based contracts in which two parties agree to swap periodic payments that are fixed at the outset of the swap contract with variable payments based on a market interest rate (index rate) over a specified period. This interest rate swap agreement fixed a portion of the variable interest due on the revolving credit facility.
Interest rate swap (revolving credit facility) [Member]
Forward based contracts in which two parties agree to swap periodic payments that are fixed at the outset of the swap contract with variable payments based on a market interest rate (index rate) over a specified period. This interest rate swap agreement fixed the variable interest due on the term loan.
Interest rate swap (term loan) [Member]
Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans and the assumptions used to determine for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans the benefit obligation and net benefit cost.
Components of net periodic pension expense for defined benefit plans and the weighted-average assumptions [Table Text Block]
Components of net periodic pension expense for defined benefit plans and the weighted-average assumptions
Information related to GIT Verlag, a business-to-business German-language controlled circulation magazine business acquired by the company in 2002.
GIT Verlag [Member]
The acquired publication rights of three smaller business-to-business controlled circulation advertising magazines.
Acquired Publication Rights, Other Magazines [Member]
The acquired publication rights of GIT Verlag, a business-to-business German-language controlled circulation magazine business acquired by the company in 2002.
Acquired Publication Rights, GIT Verlag [Member]
Aggregation of amounts, per diluted share, recognized during the period for: (1) impairment allocated to the reportable segment that results from the write-down of indefinite-lived intangible assets after comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit's indefinite-lived intangible asset with the carrying amount of that indefinite-lived intangible asset; and (2) restructuring charges related to a restructuring plan implemented during the period.
Intangible asset impairment and restructuring charges, per diluted share
Intangible asset impairment and restructuring charges (in dollars per diluted share)
Aggregation of amounts recognized during the period for: (1) impairment allocated to the reportable segment that results from the write-down of indefinite-lived intangible assets after comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit's indefinite-lived intangible asset with the carrying amount of that indefinite-lived intangible asset; and (2) restructuring charges related to a restructuring plan implemented during the period.
Intangible asset impairment and restructuring charges
Sum of the gross carrying amounts before accumulated amortization of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date.
Total intangible assets, at cost
Tabular disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of the company.
Schedule of intangible assets [Table Text Block]
Schedule of intangible assets
Schedule of Product Development Assets [Line Items]
Advances paid for royalties on anticipated earnings from commercial manuscripts. They are capitalized and, upon publication, are recovered as royalties earned based on sales of the published works. Royalty advances are reviewed for recoverability and a reserve for loss is maintained, if appropriate.
Royalty Advances [Member]
Composition costs represent the costs incurred to bring an edited commercial manuscipt to publication, which include typesetting, proofreading, design and illustration costs. They are capitalized and generally amortized on a double-declining basis over their estimated useful lives.
Composition Costs [Member]
The major type of the product development assets.
Product Development Assets, Major Type [Domain]
The axis of a table defines the relationship between the domain members or categories in the table and the line items or concepts that complete the table.
Product Development Assets by Major Type [Axis]
Schedule of Product Development Assets [Table]
Long lived, depreciable assets, commonly used in offices and stores and equipment used in warehouses.
Furniture, Fixtures and Warehouse Equipment [Member]
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Long lived, depreciable structure held for productive use and any addition, improvement, or renovation to the structure, such as interior masonry, interior flooring, electrical, and plumbing, including additions or improvements to assets held under a lease arrangement.
Building and Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Long lived, depreciable assets that are used in the creation, maintenance and utilization of information systems, capitalized costs of purchased software applications and capitalized costs to develop software for ong-term internal use.
Computer Hardware and Capitalized Software [Member]
Computer Hardware and Software [Member]
Capitalized Software and Computer Hardware [Member]
The maximum estimated useful life (amount of time the product is commercially viable) for capitalized composition costs. Composition costs are costs associated with developing any publication that are expensed until the product is determined to be commercially viable.
Estimated useful life of composition costs, maximum
Estimated useful life of composition costs, maximum (in years)
The minimum estimated useful life (amount of time the product is commercially viable) for capitalized composition costs. Composition costs are costs associated with developing any publication that are expensed until the product is determined to be commercially viable.
Estimated useful life of composition costs, minimum
Estimated useful life of composition costs, minimum (in years)
This element represents obligations incurred and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business, and also includes obligations incurred and payable for royalties.
Accounts and Royalties Payable [Member]
This element represents merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.
Inventory [Member]
Line item in the statement of financial position in which the net sales return reserves are reflected.
Allowance for Sales Returns, Balance Sheet Location [Domain]
The amount of net sales return reserves presented by line item in the statement of financial position in which the reserves are reflected.
Allowance for Sales Returns, by Balance Sheet Location [Axis]
Reclassifications [Line Items]
Reclassification of balances from investing activities to operating activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
From Investing Activities to Operating Activities [Member]
Reclassification of balances from accounts receivable to accounts and royalties payable on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
From Accounts Receivable to Accounts and Royalties Payable [Member]
Reclassification of balances from accounts receivable to inventory on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
From Accounts Receivable to Inventory [Member]
Discloses any material changes in classification including an explanation of the reason for the change and the areas impacted.
Reclassifications [Domain]
Discloses any material changes in classification including an explanation of the reason for the change and the areas impacted.
Reclassifications [Axis]
Reclassifications [Table]
Tabular disclosure of net sales return reserves as reflected in accounts in Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
Net sales return reserves by balance sheet account [Table Text Block]
Net sales return reserves by balance sheet account
The value of the annual award of Class A Common Stock received by each non-employee director as a percentage of the annual director fee, based on the stock price on the date of grant.
Annual award value
Annual award value (in hundredths)
The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards that changed due to performance during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).
Change in shares due to performance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Change in shares due to performance (in dollars per share)
The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock options, that changed due to performance.
Change in shares due to performance
Change in shares due to performance (in shares)
The period of time during which certain financial performance-based targets must be achieved in order to trigger payment of performance-based restricted stock awards under the terms of the long-term incentive plans.
Period for achievement of performance-based targets
Period for achievement of performance-based targets (in years)
The period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, using a decimal to express in number of years.
Period unrecognized share-based compensation expense is expected to be recognized
Period unrecognized share-based compensation expense is expected to be recognized (in years)
The total grant-date fair value of options vested during the reporting period.
Total grant date fair value of stock options vested
Average Intrinsic Value [Abstract]
Weighted Average Remaining Term [Abstract]
Weighted Average Exercise Price [Abstract]
The fair value per share of common stock on grant date used in the weighted average fair value assumptions for stock option grants.
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award fair value assumptions fair value of common stock on grant date
Fair value of common stock on grant date (in dollars per share)
The second date upon which the awards, or a portion of the awards, generally become vested.
Second vesting date
The percentage of awards that generally vest on the second vesting date after the award is granted or earned.
Vesting percentage on second vesting date
Vesting percentage on second vesting date (in hundredths)
The first date upon which the awards, or a portion of the awards, generally become vested.
First vesting date
The percentage of awards that generally vest on the first vesting date after the award is granted or earned.
Vesting percentage on first vesting date
Vesting percentage on first vesting date (in hundredths)
The period of time an equity-based award is expected to be outstanding. An equity-based award's expected term is generally determined based on, among other factors, the instrument's contractual term and the effects of employees' expected exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior.
Maximum period for which options are exercisable
Maximum period for which options are exercisable (in years)
The required exercise price of stock options granted as a percentage of the fair market value of the stock at the date of grant pursuant to the terms of the stock option plan.
Exercise price of stock options granted as required by the plan
Exercise price of stock options granted as required by the plan (in hundredths)
The aggregation of all performance-based and time-based restricted stock awards.
Restricted Shares [Member]
Performance-based restricted stock awards are shares of stock for which sale is contractually restricted based on the achievement of certain financial performance-based targets.
Performance-based Restricted Stock Awards [Member]
A share-based compensation plan approved by the shareholders in September 2009 whereby qualified employees are eligible to receive awards that may include stock options, performance-based stock awards and restricted stock awards.
Key Employee Stock Plan 2009 [Member]
2009 Key Employee Stock Plan [Member]
The minimum incremental amount by which the entity may request an optional increase to the maximum borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility.
Minimum Increments In Which Optional Credit Limit Increases May Be Requested
Minimum increments in which optional credit limit increase may be requested
The total amount by which the entity may request an optional increase to the maximum borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility. This may consist of one request or several requests in minimum increments as specified under the revolving credit agreement.
Optional Credit Limit Increase Available On Request
Optional credit limit increase available on request
Global Equities [Member]
The maximum percentage the entity will pay as a facility fee on the revolving credit facility. The actual percentage is dependant upon the entity's consolidated leverage ratio.
Facility fee, maximum
Facility fee, maximum (in hundredths)
The minimum percentage the entity will pay as a facility fee on the revolving credit facility. The actual percentage is dependant upon the entity's consolidated leverage ratio.
Facility fee, minimum
Facility fee, minimum (in hundredths)
The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.
Interest rate, applicable margin over basis Option 2
Interest rate, option 2, maximum applicable margin over basis (in hundredths)
The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.
Interest rate, applicable margin over basis Option 1
Interest rate, option 2, minimum applicable margin over basis (in hundredths)
The period from inception to expiration, or maturity, of the debt instrument, in years, months or other units of time.
Term of debt instrument
Term of debt instrument (in years)
An event or transaction occurring after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are either issued or available to be issued.
Subsequent Event [Member]
Element defines interest on tax refund upon favorable judgment from court.
Interest on refund against tax claim
Element defines deposit related to German tax authority claim pertaining to amortization claimed on certain "stepped-up" assets
Payment Made As Per Tax Authority Claim
Payment made as per tax authority claim
Element defines expected additional deposit required to be made as per German tax authorities with respect to the amortization of certain stepped-up assets.
Additional payment made as per tax authority claim
Additional amount per diluted share, not related to the normal provision for doubtful accounts, charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value. The charge is nonrecurring and infrequent in nature, and is the result of the evaluation of a receivable for which indicating factors have arisen which led to an individual assessment of its collectibility.
Additional Provision For Doubtful Accounts, Per Diluted Share
Pre-tax bad debt provision related to Borders Group, Inc. (in dollars per diluted share)
Element defines period of amortization of expected tax benefits to be derived from increase ("step-up") of tax deductible net asset basis of the merged subsidiaries to fair market value.
Amortization of Tax Benefit Post Merger
Element defines expected tax benefits to be derived from increase ("step-up") of tax deductible net asset basis of the merged subsidiaries to fair market value.
Tax benefit post merger
This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the foreign economic entities which may also be defined as revenue less expenses from ongoing operations, after income or loss from equity method investments, but before income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.
Pretax income for consolidated operations outside the United States
The cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest that was charged against earnings during the period and the aggregate amount of other income amounts, the components of which are not separately disclosed on the income statement, resulting from ancillary business-related activities also known as other nonoperating income recognized for the period.
Interest expense & other, net
Interest expense & other, net
Corporate headquarter items not allocated to segments.
Shared Services And Administration Costs
Shared services and administration costs
Contribution margin as determined under the variable costing method.
Direct Contribution To Profit
Direct contribution to profit
The other administration component of the entity's shared service and admnistrative costs.
Other Administration [Member]
The finance component of the entity's shared service and admnistrative costs.
Finance [Member]
The technology component of the entity's shared service and admnistrative costs.
Technology Services [Member]
The distribution component of the entity's shared service and admnistrative costs.
Distribution [Member]
The components of the company's shared services and administrative costs.
Components Of Shared Services And Administration Costs [Domain]
The components of the company's shared services and administrative costs.
Components of Shared Services and Administration Costs [Axis]
The global education component of the entity.
Global Education [Member]
The professional and trade component of the entity.
Professional and Trade [Member]
Professional/Trade [Member]
The scientific, technical, medical and scholarly component of the entity.
Scientific, Technical, Medical and Scholarly [Member]
STMS [Member]
The number of operating segments separately reported by the company.
Number of operating segments
The number of additional shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan during the reporting period.
Additional shares of common stock approved for repurchase under the share repurchase program
Additional shares of common stock approved for repurchase under the share repurchase program (in shares)
Share Repurchase Program [Abstract]
The number of votes to which each share of common stock is entitled, excluding election of Directors.
Number of votes entitlement per share of Class A common stock
Number of votes to which each share of common stock is entitled
Description of voting rights of common stock. Includes eligibility to vote and votes per share owned. Include also, if any, unusual voting rights.
Percentage of the Board of Directors elected by Class A common stockholders
Percentage of the Board of Directors elected by Class A common stockholders (in hundredths)
The number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible.
Class A Common shares into which each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible
Class A Common shares into which each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible (in shares)
This disclosure may include a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the recording of impairment charges of intangible assets in the period, the amount of the impairment charges, the methods of determining fair value of the associated assets, the caption in the income statement in which the impairment losses are aggregated, and the segment in which the impaired assets are reported. This disclosure also includes a description of restructuring activities including exit and disposal activities.
Impaired Intangible Asset And Restructuring Disclosure [Text Block]
Impairment and Restructuring Charges
The entire disclosure related to the additional provision for doubtful trade account.
Additional Provision for Doubtful Trade Account [Text Block]
Additional Provision for Doubtful Trade Account
Additional Provision for Doubtful Trade Account Pre Tax [Abstract]
Equity impact of Class B common stock cash dividends declared by the entity during the period. This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.
Class B Common Stock Dividends
Class B Common Stock Dividends
Equity impact of Class A common stock cash dividends declared by the entity during the period. This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.
Class A Common Stock Dividends
Class A Common Stock Dividends
Cash Paid During the Year for [Abstract]
Cash Paid During the Year for
The component of income tax expense for the period representing the increase (decrease) in the entity's deferred tax assets and liabilities pertaining to continuing operations excluding the tax benefits related to U.K. rate changes.
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Excluding UKK Rate Change
The cash outflow for composition costs and royalty advances.
Composition Spending
Composition spending
Includes the increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the aggregate amount of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business and the increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the obligations due for compensation payments related to the use of copyrights, patents, trade names, licenses, technology.
Increase Decrease In Accounts And Royalties Payable
Accounts and royalties payable
Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding [Abstract]
The expense charged against earnings for the periodic recognition of the advance royalties. These royalties are paid in one accounting period, but are deducted from earnings over time through amortization. For example, royalties that are required to be paid in advance of production from a mineral, oil, or gas property and amortized over the period of right to produce these items.
Royalty Advances
Royalty advances
Amount of the current period expense charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts or sales return reserves, for the purpose of reducing receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value or to recognize the provision for sales returns. Also includes the charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.
Provision For Returns Doubtful Accounts Obsolescence
Reserves for returns, doubtful accounts, and obsolescence
The charge against earnings in the period representing the amortization of composition costs.
Amortization Of Composition Costs
Amortization of composition costs
Averge Shares [Abstract]
Average Shares
Cash Dividends Per Share [Abstract]
Cash Dividends Per Share
Income Per Share [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share
Additional amount, not related to the normal provision for doubtful accounts, charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts to reduce receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value. The charge is nonrecurring and infrequent in nature, and is the result of the evaluation of a receivable for which indicating factors have arisen which led to an individual assessment of its collectibility.
Additional Provision For Doubtful Accounts
Pre-tax bad debt provision related to Borders Group, Inc.
Additional provision for doubtful trade account
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Total of all Stockholders' Equity (deficit) items before treasury stock.
Total of all Stockholders' Equity (deficit) items before treasury stock
Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items before treasury stock
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.
Product Development Assets
Product Development Assets
Product development assets