Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Total daily and Sunday circulation	23,000
Total Sunday circulation of newspaper	28,000
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Vehicle purchases as cash activities	$ 2,874,664	$ 3,157,597
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Bad debt expense	728,882	282,612	304,333
Allowance for doubtful accounts	1,157,465	642,761	987,950
Write-offs	214,000	628,000	344,000
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation expense	3,377,000	3,543,000	3,614,000
Advertising Costs [Abstract]
Advertising expense	488,000	522,000	578,000
Revenue Recognition [Abstract]
Deferred revenue	665,000	614,000
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]
Granted (in shares)	0	0	0
Minimum [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Building and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization period	20 years
Maximum [Member] | Building and Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	40 years
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	5 years
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of large accounts receivable balances	10
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk (in hundredths)	22.10%	22.50%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk (in hundredths)	8.10%	8.10%
Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Cumulative effect on retained earnings	328,000
Cumulative effect on accrued expenses	547,000
Cumulative effect on deferred tax assets	219,000
Vehicle purchases as cash activities	$ 0	$ 621,000	$ 459,000