For France: INSEE
For Spain: National Statistics Institute
For Italy: Istat.it
For Germany: Federal Statistics Office
To retrieve the German book price index for the years 2003-2007:
1) Go to: Federal Statistics Office
2) On the column of links on the left, click "GENESIS-Online"
3) Login as Guest
4) On the list of subject areas, scroll down to number 61 and click the blue/white arrow on that row
5) Click the blue/white arrow next to "Verbraucherpreise" for a list of consumer prices
6) Click the blue/white arrow under the Tables column of "Verbraucherpreiseindex für Deutschland"
7) Select the third choice, that with code "61111-0003"
8) Click "Value Retrieval" on the right hand side beneath the table
9) Scroll down to "Bücher", which has the code "CC0951"
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