Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Revenues:
Printing	$ 55,446,476	$ 55,376,887	$ 57,405,320
Office products and office furniture	34,975,487	34,545,733	33,437,588
Newspaper	13,991,752	14,589,210	15,332,671
Total revenues	104,413,715	104,511,830	106,175,579
Cost of sales & newspaper operating costs:
Printing	40,368,870	40,536,169	41,319,701
Office products and office furniture	24,935,766	24,521,153	23,632,686
Newspaper cost of sales & operating costs	8,167,313	8,254,557	8,107,487
Total cost of sales & newspaper operating costs	73,471,949	73,311,879	73,059,874
Gross profit	30,941,766	31,199,951	33,115,705
Selling, general and administrative expenses	28,441,187	26,275,952	26,814,794
Asset impairments/restructuring charges	11,426,055	9,369,018	1,640,795
(Loss) income from operations	(8,925,476)	(4,445,019)	4,660,116
Other income (expense):
Interest expense - related party	(57,733)	(65,316)	(82,334)
Interest expense	(3,738,725)	(3,553,031)	(5,060,437)
Gain on early extinguishment of debt from a related party	0	1,337,846	0
Other	(13,117)	50,410	952,018
Total other income (expenses)	(3,809,575)	(2,230,091)	(4,190,753)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(12,735,051)	(6,675,110)	469,363
Income tax (expense) benefit	(10,812,773)	2,448,785	(272,444)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations	(23,547,824)	(4,226,325)	196,919
Net income from discontinued operations	634,851	250,282	291,215
Net (loss) income	$ (22,912,973)	$ (3,976,043)	$ 488,134
(Loss) earnings per share:
Basic and diluted (loss) income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (2.09)	$ (0.41)	$ 0.02
Basic and diluted income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.03	$ 0.03
Total (loss) earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ (2.03)	$ (0.38)	$ 0.05
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	11,300,000	10,362,000	9,988,000
Diluted (in shares)	11,300,000	10,362,000	9,988,000