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The line graph shows how much money people in Germany, France, Italy and Austria spent on books from 1995 to 2005. The figures are in millions of US dollars.
Overall, the amount of money spent on books increased in all four countries. Germany spent the most money during the whole period, and Austria had the biggest increase.
In 1995, Germany spent about 80 million dollars on books. This rose to 90 million in 1999, then it decreased slightly to 85 million in 2003, before it went up to 95 million in 2005. France spent 55 million dollars in 1995, and the amount increased steadily to 75 million in 2005.
Italy's spending was about 50 million dollars in 1995. It went up and down a little, and it reached about 63 million dollars in 2005. Austria spent the least money in 1995, only 30 million dollars. It increased slowly to 40 million in 1999 and stayed the same until 2001. After that, it rose sharply to about 72 million in 2005, which was higher than Italy.