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It's nice to get some info from an author here, that gives us another important bit of input and helps us puzzle together the whole picture.
The point of sales argument is also something that I'll have to ponder, I doubt it's going to change, so we'll have to get used to it and learn to work around it somehow.
The best course of action right now (IMHO) would be to:
1) Write reviews of the Amazon Kindle on amazon.com pointing out the geo-restriction problems
2) contact as many publishers and authors individually and point out the problem and possible soultion to them. I found that authors often don't really know what their publishers do with ebook rights...I posted on one author's blog a while ago asking why the ebook version of her book was not available despite the publishers website stating that it is available. She was very surprised and said that "she thought that nobody buys ebooks anyway" but promised to investigate. The ebook was available shortly afterwards, whether because or despite my inquiry I do not no, but it's always good to talk to people if possible...
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