I am sure you are right, it was the "ibook of photos" that suggested to me a newbie perhaps.. but being pre-conditioned with my own issues when I sighned up... I am in Aussie/ Central Coast and my bank and Apple account are UK..and it does cause problems at times, so it sent me down the path with the poster!
To be honest, there are websites which create photo books at less cost and if the poster is having issues, he could perhaps do a search for Print on Demand websites such as Zazzle, Cafepress and similar. Although I suspect he/she will hit the same problem.
I know from friends here that trying to send items purchased online to certain Asian countries are blocked due to thieving in the postal system!! So any site that needs to repeat send a none delivery opt out.
The option would seem to be ... find a POD website in the home country and it should be OK.
If we knew the destination, maybe helpful suggestion would be posted.