Changing my iCloud email address with a twist

I apologise as this is probably a silly question.
For mothers day, I was given an iPad and my daughter set it up with the family itunes settings.
My husband uses these settings to back up his iphone which he basically runs his business from. So it has appointments, reminders etc, etc.
So now whenever I backup to iCloud, he gets all my books and music and I get all his appointments.
All I want to do is change the iCloud settings on my ipad without deleting his account and all the records from his business for the last 3 years.
I have set up my own itunes account (a challenge for a very non computer literate person) but I can't work out how to put that id into my ipad without losing his stuff.
The thing that brought this to a head was that he has deleted a number of books that turned up on his iphone that were then deleted from my ipad. Not happy jan.
As an aside, if I have already paid for those books, can I re-download them.
As you can see, I am starting from a very low knowledge base.
Regards
Narrabeen Girl

Welcome to the Apple Community.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Deleting the account only removes it from that device, it will not affect data on any other device using that account.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iTunes account on your iOS device, you need to sign out from your iOS device first, then sign back in using your updated details. (Settings > iTunes & App store, scroll down and tap your ID)
If you are using iMessages or FaceTime, you will also need to log out and into your ID there too.
iBooks can normally be re-downloaded, however in your case those books belong to your husbands account not yours. One thing you might consider is using your new account for iCloud, messaging, Facetime etc, but continue to use (share) the account used for iTunes.

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