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

This

Linking Words

graph illustrates the expense of book purchases in

million

Use synonyms

dollars in four different European countries from 1995 till 2005.

Overall

Linking Words

, there has been an increase in money spent on books in all these countries and Germany remained the leading country for buying books throughout

this

Linking Words

period. It is interesting to note that, in 1995, the amount used for literature was highest in Germany at 80

million

Use synonyms

dollars

whereas

Linking Words

it was lowest in Austria at just 30

million

Use synonyms

.

However

Linking Words

, these figures were roughly the same for France and Italy at above 50

million

Use synonyms

.The expenses rose in Germany to reach 90

million

Use synonyms

in 1999 followed by a slight steady drop of 5

million

Use synonyms

till 2003 only to start rising again to cross 90

million

Use synonyms

in 2005.

On the other hand

Linking Words

, the maximum increase in expenditure on literary material was seen in Austria which showed a gradual incline to 40

million

Use synonyms

till 1999 and

then

Linking Words

after remaining stable at

this

Linking Words

value for two years, it showed a dramatic rise to reach a value of above 70

million

Use synonyms

in 2005.France and Italy,

on the contrary

Linking Words

, had a very slight change in their expense in 2005 with the figures reaching above 70

million

Use synonyms

and 60

million

Use synonyms

for France and Italy respectively.