Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Oct. 31, 2009
Revenues:
Printing	$ 79,091,755	$ 80,970,584	$ 88,989,794
Office products and office furniture	34,545,733	33,437,588	35,874,431
Newspaper	14,883,251	15,525,399	16,393,896
Total revenues	128,520,739	129,933,571	141,258,121
Cost of sales & newspaper operating costs:
Printing	58,601,000	59,350,853	66,856,098
Office products and office furniture	24,521,153	23,632,686	24,859,285
Newspaper cost of sales & operating costs	8,589,851	8,327,100	8,714,941
Total cost of sales & newspaper operating costs	91,712,004	91,310,639	100,430,324
Gross profit	36,808,735	38,622,932	40,827,797
Selling, general and administrative expenses	31,228,524	31,608,843	37,126,228
Asset impairments/restructuring costs	9,369,018	1,640,795	41,333,653
Hurricane and relocation costs, net of recoveries	0	0	(38,673)
(Loss) income from operations	(3,788,807)	5,373,294	(37,593,411)
Other income (expense):
Interest income	0	0	2,771
Interest expense - related party	(65,316)	(82,334)	0
Interest expense	(3,823,465)	(5,332,116)	(5,184,668)
Gain on early extinguishment of debt from a related party	1,337,846	0	0
Other	99,001	1,013,041	(475,488)
Total other income (expenses)	(2,451,934)	(4,401,409)	(5,657,385)
(Loss) income before income taxes	(6,240,741)	971,885	(43,250,796)
Income tax benefit (expense)	2,264,698	(483,751)	15,730,172
Net (loss) income	$ (3,976,043)	$ 488,134	$ (27,520,624)
(Loss) earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.38)	$ 0.05	$ (2.76)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.38)	$ 0.05	$ (2.76)
Dividends paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0.06
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	10,362,000	9,988,000	9,988,000
Diluted (in shares)	10,362,000	9,988,000	9,988,000