Q: Why are paid books only available in certain countries?

The problem is that as an academic, the functionality of iBooks is nearly tenfold better than Kindle in terms of making annotations and note taking and overall usability' especially since it was designed by the same people from whom I purchased this product. The only reason that Kindle might meet my needs better is because Apple does not meet my needs in this regard at all. I find it also quite pathetic that Apple only provides two responses, i.e. "This solved my question" and "This helped me". Usually there is a third option like " No, this response did not help me at all" and, frankly, that is the option I would have selected.

If I'm being rude it's because I'm frustrated with a system where I, as a paying customer, have received the best possible answer I can get, i.e. "that's that" and if I don't like it, then I might as well stick it for all the good it will do me. Why do the publishers make it available to Amazon, but not to Apple? Why, if I am more than willing to pay for the books on iBooks (and I'm sure there are millions just like me) won't Apple go to the effort to make this option available in countries other than those of the so-called 'developed' world? Why do they use iBooks and the ability to buy ebooks as one of their key selling strategies if this option is not available for the majority of countries? In fact, this is what sold me on the iPad. If I wanted to read Kindle books, then I would have bought a Kindle, no? Moreover, I'm certain that somewhere the statistics are kept about who says "This solved my question" and who says "This helped me", but by denying the right to be able to say that a response did not help, Apple conveniently gets to ignore the level of dissatisfaction people might get from the answers to their questions on this site. (Not selecting either of the options points to apathy, not dissatisfaction) I would gladly have lodged this complaint with Apple Support, but oh wait, I can't because I don't live in a country that really matters to them; so I have no access to a call centre or even an e-mail service. Instead, I have to deal with people who worship their products and who can't give me a better answer than 'that's that."