Audiobooks will not sync

Since updating my iPhone 4S to iOS 6 I cannot sync my audiobooks.

Yes they are in my Books/Audiobooks in the iTunes Library; Audiobooks on the Classic are located in Music/Audiobooks; no error messages; yes they will play in iTunes. I recently purchased a Mac, my previous PC was Windows, the Apple store transfered by iTunes library to my new Mac and I have purchased one new book from iTunes since. Any ideas?

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Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Home Premium Edition (Build 9200)
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QuickTime 7.7.4
FairPlay 2.5.16
Apple Application Support 2.3.6
iPod Updater Library 11.1f5
CD Driver 2.2.3.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1
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Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.64.0.0
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Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
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Subnet Mask:    0.0.0.0
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