You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line chart given illustrates, how much money is spent in 4 European countries, during the

period

from 1995 to 2005.

Overall

,

it is clear that

at the beginning of the time

period

, Germany and France had higher

sales

among people with 80 and 52

million

and,

moreover

, Italy and Austria had the lowest book

sales

with approximately 50 and 30

million

(perspectively). As the graph shows, In Germany the amount of money experienced fluctuation until it reached 100

million

in 2005.

Although

between the

period

from 1999 to 2003, the

sales

fell slightly, it kept the first position compared to other countries.

Thus

, France's

sales

at the beginning started with the second position,

then

rose gradually over time.

By contrast

, after 2001, Austria witnessed a considerable increase until it became the second book consumer along France with around 71

million

sales

, which seems set to continue.

Finally

, even though Italy had the third position at the beginning it became the

last

one

at the end

of the time

period

with around 61

million

dollars.