Error syncing iBooks between devices

Anyone else having trouble with iBooks syncing between iPhone and iPad? The book on iPhone doesn't reflect my place in the book on iPad. It used to! "Sync bookmarks" and "sync collections" are checked on both devices.

Nowadays you have to install the iBooks.app in your mac to manage any books you want to sync or add.

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I have a book I am reading on iBooks on my MacBook Pro with Mavericks, my iPhone 5s with iOS 7, and my iPod touch 4g, which has iOS 6. I have each device set up to sync bookmarks and collections between devices, but the bookmarks keep syncing incorrectly. For example: I am reading on my iPhone, and I drop a bookmark 2 pages away from the end of chapter 40. If I open the book on my iPod touch it does not show the current bookmark, but an old one from earlier in the chapter. Another example: I am reading on my iPod touch, and I drop a bookmark two pages away from the end of chapter 40. This time, I open the book on my iPhone, and it has placed a new bookmark at chapter 39! I open the book on my MacBook Pro after that, and a bookmark has been placed at the beginning go chapter 40!
So, there you have it. I place a bookmark on one device, and the other two devices place bookmarks in completely different places on the book.
All of my devices have the same Apple ID, and both of the mobile devices are synced with iTunes.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks.

The only info that syncs via iCloud for iBooks is collection lists (not the books themselves), Bookmarks, and Notes.
The Books themselves can be automatically downloaded if they are coming from the store. On the iPhone, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Turn on Automatic Downloads for Books. Same thing can be done on the Mac in preferences.
Since your Books are not from the store, the only way to get them on both devices is to download them to both devices. This will never occur automatically. This also goes for PDFs you add to your iBooks
Hope that helps solve the mystery.
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You can even synchronize your bookmarks, notes, and collections across your devices.

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Under iTunes / File / Devices ?
But I did not see my iPhone under this section...
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Could you describe a bit more precise?
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