The pie charts detail the sales of five different types of books in a particular bookshop from 1972 to 2012.
Overall, the proportion of sales of Adult Fiction and Children fiction increased to varying degrees at the expense of travel, biography and other types of books. The same percentage of Adult fiction and Children’s fiction was sold in the beginning, and over the years the disparity grew considerably, with Adult fiction becoming the bestseller in 2012. In contrast, Biography and other types of books experienced the most significant downward trends: the former declined from the second bestseller to the least preferred option while the latter turned from the bestseller to the second least preferred.
In detail, “others” accounted for 25%, followed closely by Adult fiction, Children’s fiction and Biography at the same of figure of 20% and distantly by travel at 15%. Over the next four decades, the sales of adult fiction rose dramatically to 25% in 1992, 45% in 2012.
The figures for remaining categories were comparatively lower. Children’s fiction increased by only 2% over two decades from 20% in 1972 to 22% in 1992, and there was a moderate rise to 25% in 2012. Conversely, although there was a slight increase in the sales of travel books to 18% in 1992, the figure saw a sharp drop to 10% in 2012. The data for Biography and “others” decreased consistently. Biography dipped to 8% in 2012 while “others”, the most preferred type of books, halved over the following years, reaching 12% in 2012.
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Overall, the proportion of sales of Adult Fiction and Children fiction increased to varying degrees at the expense of travel, biography and other types of books. The same percentage of Adult fiction and Children’s fiction was sold in the beginning, and over the years the disparity grew considerably, with Adult fiction becoming the bestseller in 2012. In contrast, Biography and other types of books experienced the most significant downward trends: the former declined from the second bestseller to the least preferred option while the latter turned from the bestseller to the second least preferred.
In detail, “others” accounted for 25%, followed closely by Adult fiction, Children’s fiction and Biography at the same of figure of 20% and distantly by travel at 15%. Over the next four decades, the sales of adult fiction rose dramatically to 25% in 1992, 45% in 2012.
The figures for remaining categories were comparatively lower. Children’s fiction increased by only 2% over two decades from 20% in 1972 to 22% in 1992, and there was a moderate rise to 25% in 2012. Conversely, although there was a slight increase in the sales of travel books to 18% in 1992, the figure saw a sharp drop to 10% in 2012. The data for Biography and “others” decreased consistently. Biography dipped to 8% in 2012 while “others”, the most preferred type of books, halved over the following years, reaching 12% in 2012.
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