The depicted line graph gives information about how much money was spent on books in four different countries from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, the graph makes it clear that Germany and Italy showed small fluctuations.
Austria and France experienced growth.
The expenditure of books in Germany and Austria experienced growth of ten million in 1999. The former showed a slight decline ($82 million) in 2003 and ended up reaching its peak just under $100 million in the final year. The latter ones remained stable for the next two years. The spending money for books then experienced a soar before peaking at $70 million at the end of the survey.
The figures for Italy showed fluctuations in the first six years (about $56 million). Then spendings of money experienced gradual growth until 2005, reaching over $60 million. On the other hand, in France, money allocation for books represented 58 million in 1995, and it kept going up until the last year (under $80 million).