The line graph illustrates the expenditure on books in Germany, France, Italy, and Austria from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, all four countries experienced a steady increase in spending on books over the given period. Moreover, Germany consistently led in book purchases, while Austria started with the lowest expenditure but saw significant growth by the end of the period.
In 1995, a total of $80 million was spent in Germany for purchasing books, afterwards, its figure consistently increased to $90 million in 1999, before witnessing a slight decrease to $85 million in 2003, finally bouncing bacl to reach a peak of $95 million. Moreover, despite experiencing many variations, its figures were still higher than the country with the second-highest investment in books, France, which grew its numbers gradually throughout the period from $55 million in 1995 to $75 million in 2005.
Regarding the two remaining nations, from 1995 to 1999, these two nations had the same tendencies. In the first two years, they both experienced an increase in their figures, with $50-55 million for Italy and $30-35 million for Austria, after that, their figures returned to their initial points in 1999. However, in the last half of the survey, in spite of their figures continuing to rise, Austria showed a higher extent and exceeded Italy’s figure in 2003 to reach $71 million in 2005, ending with more than $10 million dollars compared to its counterpart.