EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP | 2013 | FY | 3


13.      STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

During fiscal year 2012, we signed a Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire an 11% position with Demibooks, Inc. for an initial investment of $250,000.  We have accounted for this investment using the cost method, as reflected on the balance sheet under ‘investment in nonmarketable equity securities’.  Demibooks provides a publishing platform, Composer, which is a code-free way for publishers and self-published authors and illustrators to create interactive books for the iPad on the device itself. We utilize the Composer platform to create proprietary interactive products. The Stock Purchase Agreement allowed for an additional $250,000 investment, of which we have invested an additional $180,300 during fiscal year 2013, resulting in a total position of 15.6%.  Our investment in Demibooks is subject to a high degree of risk because such securities are illiquid and the value of such securities could decline causing us to write-down or write-off the value of our investment, which would result in a negative impact to our earnings.


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