The chart below shows the book sales for five different types of fiction books from 2006 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the book sales for five different types of fiction books from 2006 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph illustrates how much gross revenue came from the sales of five different kinds of fiction
books
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between 2006 and 2010.
Overall
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, there was a slight increase in the selling of romantic
books
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,
while
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the figures for mystery, classics, young adult, sci-fi and fantasy witnessed a moderate tumble. Despite some fluctuations, the turnovers of romantic
books
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consistently had the highest numbers throughout the period; meanwhile, those of sci-fi and fantasy
books
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invariably were the lowest ones, except for 2010. Readers spent about 80
million
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USD
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on romantic
books
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at the beginning of the duration examined, followed by a considerable growth to nearly 116
million
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USD
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in 2007. It experienced some fluxes in the next two years before ending at around 90
million
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USD
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in 2010.
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, the gross income of Mystery rose sharply, reaching a peak of 80
million
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USD
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in 2007, but it later dropped to just over 57
million
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USD
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in the
last
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year. Resembling changes, but to
lesser
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a lesser
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extent, can be seen in the figures for young adult and classical
books
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, with respective ones being 15
million
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and 10
million
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USD
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at the end
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of the given interval.
Similarly
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, the earnings of sci-fi and fantasy started at approximately 10
million
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in 2007, fluctuating continuously and getting the same amount after three years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words books, million, usd with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • sales trend
  • comparison
  • sales figures
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • spike in sales
  • drop in sales
  • contributing factors
  • popularity
  • societal trends
  • cultural trends
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