Homesharing not showing up

I recently moved and set up my computer on my new network. Homesharing will not show shared libraries on any of my devices but one.
I have a windows PC running windows 7. I have the most recent version of itunes. I have an iPhone5, an iPhone 4, an iPad mini, and an iPad 3rd generation. Only my iPad 3gen will connect to homesharing. All of my devices are running the same version of ios7.
All of my devices are signed in to the same apple ID. I have signed out of all of them, closed the video app, restarted them, and signed in again. I have done the same with itunes. I have also made sure the ports on my router that homesharing requires are open. I went through the "homesharing trouble shooting guide" as per Apple's suggestion. All of my stuff is up to date and correctly configured. Bonjour is running.
And yet...... No homesharing anywhere but on my ipad.
Any ideas?

I am having the exact same issue, but running my shared media folder on a Mac Pro Lion Server. On that computer everything works fine. Neither our Lion iMac nor brand new MacBook Air see any books in the shared iTunes Media folder. They see and can access everything else. Books are a mix of epubs and pdfs. Prior to tonight's 10.4.1 update, the books list was at least visible on my older MacBook Pro running 10.6.8. Now that has stopped working. Installing 104.1 did nothing to fix books not showing up in the shared library on the Lion Macs.

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Hello vio412,
Thank you for providing the details of the Home Sharing issue you are experiencing. The Home Sharing icon is not always visible. If you would like it to show so that you can verify you are signed in with the correct account, you can follow these steps:
Go to File > Home Sharing and choose Turn Off Home Sharing.
Choose File > Home Sharing > Turn On Home Sharing.
When prompted, enter the Apple ID you'd like to use.
Click Turn On Home Sharing, then Done.
After you press done, it is normal for the Home Sharing icon to disappear. I found these steps in the article listed below. I recommend reviewing the full article to troubleshoot issues with Home Sharing:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

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