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.

The line graph illustrates the funds spent on

books

in four European nations (Germany, France, Italy and

Austria

) in the period of 6 years from 1995 to 2005.

Overall

,

It is clear that

all the countries experienced an upward trend in

purchase

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of

books

. The Germans spent considerably throughout the period and

Austria

spent the least amount on

books

initially

. in 1995, Germany spent the most on

books

at approximately 80m$

while

France and Italy spent between around 50m$ to nearly 55m$.

Austria

remained in the

last

position and spent the least amount in the beginning at around 30m$. Between 1997 and 1999, Germany, France and

Austria

saw

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steady growth in book purchasing and the figure for each reaching around 90m$, 60m$ and 40m$ respectively. looking at low spenders, Italy and

Austria

remain the lowest spenders of all the nations listed in the chart. Italy in the beginning had more sales compared to

Austria

,

then

between 1997 to 1999, its sales dropped to approximately 50m$

whereas

the sales in

Austria

rose to 40m$. Interestingly,

although

the Austrians remained at the bottom for the most period, in 2003, the book purchases sharply increased and overtook Italians by a significant margin.