[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The pie charts below shows the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”6387″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Sales pattern of different genres of books sold by a specific bookseller in 1972, 1992 and 2012 is depicted in the given pie charts.

Overall, it is clear that when books of fiction were best-sellers, the sales of other genres exhibited a mixed response.

As per the charts, fiction books dominated sales in all three years. In 1972, its share was exactly two-fifth of the total. By 1992, this increased by 7% and by 2012, it hiked to nearly three-fourth (70%). Out of these shares, in 1972, 20% were adult fiction books. In 1992, it went up by 5%, and by 2012, by 20%. The rate of sales of children’s fiction books was from 20 to 25 over the 40 year-time period.

The proportion of sales of travel books, on the other hand, showed a decline over the period from 15 in 1972 to 10% in 2012, despite a growth in 1992 (18%). However, the sales of biographies and other books declined over a half. In 2012, the sales of biography books was just 8% and other books was 12%.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]