From the Harper Collins site:
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International Orders
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We regret to say that we are unable to sell the book to customers in the USA as we do not have the publishing rights for that territory.
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So, apparently its the fact that Houghton Mifflin own the US publishing rights that means its only going to be unavailable in the US.