Book sales by format · Band B2 · Crossover + peak-then-fall
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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph below shows the percentage of total book sales by format in a European country between 2010 and 2018.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Band B2Pattern: Crossover + peak-then-fallTime: 20 minMin. 150 words
Percentage of total book sales by format, 2010–2018
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Introduction
Không bắt đầu bằng "Overall,"
Paraphrase lại đề bài (không chép nguyên văn), nêu đủ 3 định dạng sách và khoảng thời gian 2010–2018
Không đưa số liệu cụ thể vào câu mở bài
Body
Nhóm E-books riêng 1 đoạn (S-curve + 2 lần crossover), nhóm Audiobooks + Physical books 1 đoạn (cùng giảm nhưng khác pattern)
Mỗi câu mô tả xu hướng phải có đủ: trend + value + time + comparison (VD: "rose sharply from 5% in 2010 to 33% in 2015, surpassing audiobooks which stood at 34%")
Phải nêu rõ 2 thời điểm crossover: E-books vượt Audiobooks (~2015), E-books vượt Physical books (~2016–2017)
Phải nêu rõ đỉnh của Audiobooks (42% năm 2013) trước khi giảm — không gộp chung với Physical books như thể cùng một xu hướng giảm đều
Không suy đoán nguyên nhân (không viết "because of streaming devices...")
Không dùng ý kiến cá nhân
Overview: nêu đúng 2 đặc điểm nổi bật nhất — E-books tăng liên tục và vượt qua cả 2 định dạng còn lại; Audiobooks và Physical books đều giảm nhưng theo cách khác nhau. Không dùng số liệu cụ thể, viết tối đa 2 câu.
The graph illustrates changes in the percentage of total book sales accounted for by three formats — e-books, audiobooks, and physical books — in a European country between 2010 and 2018.
Overall, e-book sales grew considerably throughout the period, eventually surpassing both audiobooks and physical books to become the most popular format, while sales of the other two formats declined, albeit along different paths.
The proportion of e-book sales rose from just five percent in 2010 to sixty percent in 2018. Growth was comparatively slow in the first three years, but the rate then accelerated sharply, and by 2015 e-books accounted for thirty-three percent of sales, having already surpassed audiobooks, which stood at thirty-four percent at the beginning of that year. E-books went on to surpass physical books as well, between 2016 and 2017, and finished the period as the clear market leader.
By contrast, physical book sales fell steadily throughout, from fifty-eight percent in 2010 to just eighteen percent in 2018. Audiobook sales followed a different pattern: the proportion rose from thirty-two percent in 2010 to a peak of forty-two percent in 2013, before declining to twenty-five percent by 2018.