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If you are a self-publisher author, your ebooks are available anywhere, no restrictions. In the old model of printed books, if your books are sold through a publisher, that publisher may make deals with publishers in other countries for those companies to print and sell the books there (it saves shipping and distribution costs for the first publisher, and provides for some localization like translations). This is an agreement between the two publishers that neither will sell into the other's area. The first publisher gets a cut of the selling price. This is a reasonable way to handle things if you have to transport physical items. It's not necessary in the ebook world, but these agreements are for the most part still in effect, meaning that some ebooks cannot be sold into other countries until the agreement expires, which may take many years.
The author has no say in any of this.
I would be surprised if this model lasts much longer. It may be that in future contracts, ebooks will be excepted from such contracts.
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