How do I change iBooks region to access book Apple recommended?

I am American studying in Japan, everything set to English except Region was Japan during computer installation (changing this to United States in Settings did not resolve the problem): At the end of the MacBook Pro tour Apple recommended this iBook, but then tells me in iBooks 1.13 (1458) that it's not available in the Japanese store! What a design flaw! How embarrassing, for Apple to recommend a book and then not let the user access it!

Others complained about this as recent as last year but that thread was locked without resolution. Can anything be done, or are there internal barriers locking Apple in a 19th century mentality regarding stores?

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), purchased in Japan

Posted on Feb 19, 2018 5:56 PM

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ethereality Author

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Feb 27, 2018 3:46 PM in response to King_Penguin

It's a design flaw to offer a book to someone they know isn't able to access it. I already told them I was in Japan, so they should have taken that into account in their introductory materials.

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 28, 2018 7:07 AM in response to ethereality

Can’t you get it here?

Apple - Support - Manuals

ethereality Author

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Feb 28, 2018 5:08 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Not really. It's just a minor aggravation that makes Apple look bad. I already reported the problem to them as feedback as I said, and I'm basically done with it. I was just answering questions here.

ethereality Author

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Feb 28, 2018 7:54 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

No, apparently that linked me to the same iTunes book not letting me access it. I suppose I can use the web version instead. Thanks for the references. 🙂

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