The graph shows the amount spent on books in Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 and 2005.

The chart illustrates the sum of money expended on books by the people of European countries like Germany, France, Italy and Austria between 1995 to 2005. The general overview here is that the Germans spent more on buying books than their neighboring countries which are mentioned above.

To specify, the data shows that Germany and Austria had a great increment with 10 million US dollars each in between 1995 to 1999. In addition, France projects a slight increment over the period between 1995 to 1999 ,whereas, Italy shows some erratic changes on their status.

During the year 1999, the people of Germany spent 90 million US dollars and the status was slightly declined up to 2003 while Italy had a little bit of increment over the years 1999 and 2003 with 8 million US dollars. On the other hand, France and Austria increased drastically in the period 1999 to 2003 and once both the nations maintained the same rate having Austria with 30 million US dollars from 1999 to 2001 and France with 70 million US dollars from 2001 to 2003.

Finally, all the countries which are mentioned above are incremented during the year 2003 to 2005.

Overall, it is clear that the expenditure of Germans on books is more when relatively compare to other countries.