ICloud iBooks Auto Download Sync non-iBookStore books

I have a number of books and pdfs on my iPad2.
Recently I pulled my iPad1 out of "storage".
Both devices are running iOS 5 and I have logged into the same AppleID account on both devices.
However, not all of the books have appeared on my iPad1.
None of my PDFs have.
Oddly enough all of the "Collections" I have made on the iPad2 show up on the iPad1 - but most of them are empty...
At first it seemed that the books that were downloaded from the iBookStore synced to the iPad1, and the (non DRM'd) epubs and pdfs that I synced onto the iPad2 using iTunes or the iPad's "open in app" feature did not sync/auto-download from iCloud. But even that was not consistent: There were a number of free books I downloaded from the iBookStore that did not appear on the iPad1.
So....
Is non iBookStore content (pdfs, non-DRMd epubs) that you place on one iDevice using iTunes sync suppose to download to other uiDevices using iCloud?
If so, what magical combination of switches do I need to set - and why did some download and not others?
(Sync Collections is on in Settings > iBooks and
Automatic Downloads > Books is on in Settings > Store)

I have the same situation. I have many non-itunes books, PDF and Epub that I would like to sync to iCloud so my other IOS devices can see them.

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