1st Gen iPad re-syncs every book/pdf each time it is connected to iTunes

Hey everyone. Perhaps this has been asked/solved before, but I couldn't find a link. I have the 1st gen iPad (ancient) 64gb WiFi/3G with 200+ books, pdfs, documents, etc in iBooks. Each time I connect my iPad to iTunes, it syncs quickly, until step 7; and then proceeds to re-sync every single book, pdf, document within iBooks. It does not sync un-checked documents.
I've tried:
1. Restoring
2. Complete erase and re-install (2x)
3. Magic
4. Complete erase of every document and reuploading them in iTunes
Not quite sure what to do. Syncs take 10+ minutes now, even to add one new document.
How can I fix this?
Thanks!

I would try set it to not sync books at all
sync
disconnect it
reconnect it
set it to sync books again
sync

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