Ibooks is stuck on downloading

I've had my ipad 3 for six months and never had a problem. Today I can't download two ibook samples.  The downloading bar remains empty and the icon won't respond to edit, delete, or to anything in either the ibooks store or library.  I've tried closing the app, closing the screen, resetting, clearing cache, history, turning off wifi, and everything else I can think of.  I don't want to delete and reinstall the ibooks app because I would lose all my pdf's.  Does anyone have any suggestions, please? 

I had this problem and fixed it by deleting the iBooks app from my iPad. When I reinstalled it all my previous purchases downloaded, including the two 'stuck' books. Just make sure to backup any PDFs or non-iBooks that you have so you can reinstall them from your backup location.

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