can i gift an iBook internationally

Apple segregating people... This is so bad on so many levels.
Obviously ibooks gives no warning of this before hand. It just happened to me right now.
Is there any solution to this yet, or does Apple just not care ?

Apple segregating people

It has nothing to do with Apple, it's the rights-holders/content providers.

All gifts (and gift cards) have always been country-specific, and are likely to remain so. Assuming that a particular book is even available in the recipient's store (and that it's in the correct language there) it could have a different publisher/rights-holder there - before gifting across countries can potentially happen all of the rights-holders would have to agree to it, it's not down to Apple.

Thank you for your reply King Penguin.

Please don't take my message personally, it's not. 🙂
In the age of internet though, i think it is very ironical to make online purchases of e-books country specific.
It feels What would you say if you sent a .pdf to a friend by email but your email provider blocked it ? That only happens in countries like China where the internet isn't free and open.
And when i buy material books or ebooks for my e-reader, they travel regardless of publisher/rights-holder where i go. So I believe that is not a real reason... But anyway, that is not the point.

Would you know if there is anyway to get refund on a gift that can't be redeemed ?

I would be grateful for any info about this.

Kind regards.

You can't, gifting cannot be done internationally, you can only gift to people in the same country as yourself (and therefore using the same country's store) - that's irrespective of whether you are the author of the book, that has no relevance for gifting.

For a refund you can try contacting iTunes Support via http://reportaproblem.apple.com or http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww or https://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html

You can't, you can only gift content to people whose account is based in the same country as your own

From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2736 :

Note: When purchasing an iTunes Gift, a valid credit card must be on file; you can't purchase an iTunes Gift with store credit. You can't redeem purchased gifts outside of the country of purchase. For example, an iTunes Gift purchased in France can't be redeemed in an iTunes Store outside of France.

Thank you so much King_Penguin.
I was very frustrated about all this thinking i had been ripped off, but thank to you I was able to ask for refund.
I wish you all the best. 🙂

King_Penguin,

I own an iBook on iTunes, how do I update/change the setting/permissions to ensure the iBook can be gifted international to all counties?

Thank you