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 graph describes the number of people buying books in a decade from 1995 to 2005 in four countries (Germany, France, Italy, and

Austria

). The data is measured in millions of US dollars.

Overall

, all nations experienced gradual increments over the

year

with Germany spending money on books the most. Meanwhile,

Austria

with the least sales in the former

year

managed to surpass Italy and placed third by the end.

Firstly

, Germany spent around 80

million

dollars in 1995 and increased steadily until 1999 with approximately 90.

However

, it fell slightly to about more than 80 but

then

quickly recovered and hit a peak of less than 100 in 2005.

In addition

, France citizen was setting aside their money rapidly to buy books which were noticed by sky rocketed trendline from more than 50 in 1995 to higher than 70 in 2005. Another unique point is that Italy experienced a fluctuating trendline from the

year

1995 to 1999 which started from around 50

million

but

then

had the same figures in the latter

year

.

On the other hand

,

Austria

managed to have an upward trend starting with 30

million

in 1995 and having a 10

million

higher number in 1999 which was followed by a period of stability. In 2003,

Austria

surpassed the Italy trendline and reached its highest point of slightly more than 70

million

in 2005.