The pie charts below show 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.

The pie charts below show 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.
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The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of different genres of
books
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that a bookseller sold over a 40-year
period
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.
Overall
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, the downward trends were witnessed in the non-
fiction
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books
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categories and the opposite can be seen in the
adult
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and children’s
fiction
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sectors. In the initial, the highest number was exhibited in other types of
books
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but
then
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turned into the
adult
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fiction
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section
at the end
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of the observed
period
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. Looking at the non-
fiction
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group, in 1972, accounting for 25%, the highest proportion belonged to the other kinds of
books
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, followed by the biography and the travel sectors with 20% and 15%, respectively. The figure for other types of
books
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significantly declined to 12% in 2012 – half the initial. The number of biography
books
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sold by the bookseller experienced a downward trend during the given
period
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, from 20% to 15% in 1992, and became the most unpopular genre in 2012.
Although
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the percentage of travel
books
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slightly increased to 18% in 1992, the quantity still declined to 10%
at the end
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of the observed
period
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. Regarding the
fiction
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group, in 1972, both
adult
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fiction
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and children’s
fiction
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shared the same quantity which was 20%. In 1992, the proportion of the two sections slightly rose to 25% and 22%, respectively. After two decades, significant growth was witnessed in the number of
adult
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fiction
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books
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sold by the bookseller, from 25% to 45% - double the initial,
while
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the children’s
fiction
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just slightly increased to 25%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "at the end".
Vocabulary: Replace the words books, period, adult, fiction with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "downward" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 3 times.
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