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

This

graph illustrates the expense of book purchases in

million

dollars in four different European countries from 1995 till 2005.

Overall

, 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

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

million

dollars

whereas

it was lowest in Austria at just 30

million

.

However

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

million

.The expenses rose in Germany to reach 90

million

in 1999 followed by a slight steady drop of 5

million

till 2003 only to start rising again to cross 90

million

in 2005.

On the other hand

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

million

till 1999 and

then

after remaining stable at

this

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

million

in 2005.France and Italy,

on the contrary

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

million

and 60

million

for France and Italy respectively.