Ibook downlading issue to ibook library

One of my clients is reporting that every time I submit a revision to an iBook project, they have to delete the previous version (locally) prior to downloading the latest version. If they don't, they are unable to view the latest version on their iPad.
One workaround is to simply use a different file name for each revision I submit, however, ideally, I'd like to stick to the same filename for each revision.
Would anyone happen to know why I'm experiencing this issue and, most importantly, how I can resolve it ?
Thanks in advance.

Karan,
Same problem here. But the problem goes deeper. If I take the original iBook created in Author, add other pages, and even rename and save it as another iBook, there are still issues when I try to put it into my iPad iBook library.
The library doesn't accept the new document despite having a new file name. iBooks just opens the iBook that was already there. The only way around it that I've found is to delete the earlier, similar iBook.
This is a big problem for me. I'd like to be able to keep different versions of a similar iBook available in the library under different file names, say "Draft 01" and "Draft 02."

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