The graph below shows the amount of money spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.

The line graph illustrates the amount of cash spent on books from 1995 to 2005 in four different countries, which are

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,

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, Italy and

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,

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and Italy show a fluctuating graph

while

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and

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are continuously increasing their book spending. Over four countries,

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has conquered the title of highest book spender

whereas

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is the opposite.

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, the situation changed in 2003 as Italy is now in the lowest position.

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spent over 80 to 90

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dollars on books between 1995 to 2005.

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it is fluctuating,

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is still the biggest spender. The second is

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which rose consistently since 1995 and now spent approximately 70

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dollars in 2005. There is still quite a big gap between

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and

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. The third highest spender used to be Italy, as the country spent 50

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expanse of cash in 1995.

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, over a period of time,

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has now taken Italy's position. In 2003,

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surpassed Italy by spending 60

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on books. From there,

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's spending escalated quickly until the gap between

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and Italy was roughly 10

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dollars in 2005.