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The bar graph indicates sales figures for reading materials from 2002 to 2012.

The bar graph indicates sales figures for reading materials from 2002 to 2012. 88Yr

The bar chart gives information about the number of four different types of books sold for a period at 11 years. In general, all the given categorise except hobbies book showed a rising trend in the sales over the period. The sales of history books were the highest while those of art books were the lowest. In particular, the sales of the biggest sellers, History books, experienced an overall growth during the period. The sales were around 4500 copies in 2002, and then reached a peak of 10000 copies in 2008. Although the figure dropped slightly after then, history books remained the greatest sellers with around 9000 copies sold in 2012. By contrast, By contrast, the last category, hobbies book fluctuated over the period. Hobbies books started at around 500 copies then it decreased slightly and stoped at aproximately 1000 copies in 2004. There was a significant decrease in the sales of Hobbies books with around 200 copies from 2006 to 2008. In the end of the period, it reached at nearly 500 copies. The figure for art books increased slowly from around 1500 copies in 2002 to just under 4000 in 2012. The sales of art books and entertainment books saw a similar pattern of a steady growth. Entertainment books went through a moderate rise from approximately 1300 copies in 2002 to 3000 in 2012.

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