This graph shows the amount of money spent on books in germany, france, Italy and Australia between 1995 to 2005.

The line graph describes information on the leading four nations' spending on books during a ten-year period.

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, all countries (Germany, France, Italy and Australia) showed an increased trend in buying books from 1995 to 2005. Germany had the biggest spending on books among others throughout the years. It started with $80

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dollars in 1995, which continued to gradually rise until $90

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in 1999.

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, it dropped steadily to about $85

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in 2003 before eventually steadily growing to around $95

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in 2005. Meanwhile, France has shown an upward trend within those years. The people spent around $53

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dollars, before reaching its peak at about $75

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in 2005.

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, for the remaining countries, Italy showed some fluctuations. They illustrated a gradual rise, from $50

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to approximately $53

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.

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, they had a marginal drop in 1999, reaching their lowest point, which was just under $5

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. From there, it showed a steady rise until the end of 2005, at just above $60

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.

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, Austria illustrated a marginal increase in book spending from 1995 to 1999, from $30

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to $40

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.

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, it plateaued from 1999 to 2001, before rising dramatically in the remaining years and reaching a peak of just over $70

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in 2005.