Book will not download, stuck in purchased section with cloud icon next to it

I have tried every work-around i have seen in the support forum.
Latest version of itunes, ibooks, and ipad os.
I have signed out of itunes, quit ibooks, signed back in, deleted ibooks, redownloaded, and tried everything.
My book appears in the purchased section, with a cloud icon next to it, when I click it, it says "when your item is finished downloading, it will be available in your library"
No matter what I do, the book appears with that icon. I delete it from my devices, go back to the ibook store, search for it, and it appears again in the store with the cloud icon next to it, with the same message as before.
I have tried downloading a free book to try and get it unstuck, but that doesnt work. I have tried syncing my ipad and downloading the book from my computer through itunes but it appears again on my computer with the cloud icon, and the same message.
thanks

I was able to get rid of the duplicate iCloud designated files by unchecking the box at: Preferences->Store->Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases.
Funny, but I did not mess with that setting, or any other setting for that matter prior to this issue. Also, it doesn't make sense that every purchase I ever made would be shown as needing to be downloaded, as the downloaded file already exists in my library. If you read the description for this item, it states:
Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases
Display items purchased from the iTunes Store that haven’t been downloaded to your computer. These items have a Download button next to them.
So what gives? This would be a nice feature if it wasn't flagging my entire collection of downloaded songs...

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