Books on iBooks Disappear!

Every 3 or 4 days the 50+ books I have on my iBooks "Collections" shelves (which I have neatly arranged by Author and Date Published) simply disappear! Yes they are in some weird random order on the "Purchased" section (with the little cloud icon on the upper right hand corner) so I can download them AGAIN and AGAIN but it is just a nuisance to have to do this. My iPad is 3rd Gen running iOS 6.1.3......Any idea what could be causing this? I have tried shutting everything down (I usually just put it to sleep) and have even tried deleting and re-installing the iBooks app...All to no avail...At least I don't have to pay for the books again, but it is getting frustrating having to keep downloading them from "the cloud." Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions. Tom

On the iPad tap Settings > iTunes & App Stores
Switch Books off then back on.
Sometimes iCloud needs a kick start to sync data.

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