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 graph illustrates how much money Germany, France, Italy, and Austria spent on books between 1995 and 2005. The money is calculated in US dollars in millions.

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, Germany spent more money than anybody else over these 10 years, in 1995, it spent 80

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US dollars on books. After that, it fluctuated between 90 and 80 till 2005 with a spending of 95

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, France and Italy had nearly the same expenditure in 1995,

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50, but after France rose slightly

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75 in 2005, and Italy had a dip in 1999.

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, it had an upward trend that ended in 2005 with 60

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. Austria started with only 30

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fluctuated till 2001, when it had a dramatic rise that ended with more than 60

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. In conclusion, the spending on books in these four countries rose every year, with the exception of Italy in 1999.

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, Austria was the most improved over the past 10 years.