Multiple Macs, one iPhone 4

I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro. I want to sync iBook books between my iPhone 4 from my MacBook Pro's iTunes library. I want to sync my music and video content from my iMac's iTunes Library. All of my software and OS on my two Macs are current. The problem is that if I sync my music from my iMac, it will wipe out my iBooks on my iPhone. If I sync my iBooks from my MacBook Pro to my iPhone, it wipes out my music. How can I fix this? I legally own all the content I am syncing so I don't see why this should be a problem.

Hi there
Thanks for your response.
The 18000 contacts is a mistake! Not sure what happened here.
If i am in outlooks address book and i delete all the unwanted contacts (which takes me days) and reach my desired contact list which is a 1500 contacts. Then as soon as i plug my iphone in and If i'm on the address book screen in outlook i can see at the left bottom of outlook how it automatically adds the contacts in outlook. It duplicates some of my contact names 100 times over.
I tried checking the contact box under info in itunes to replace contacts on phone and this doesn't help either.
I have even tried restoring the phone to factory default and starting over. But no luck!!!! Not sure where outlook or the phone is getting its data from.
All i want is to have the 1500 contacts in outlook to sync with the phone and have the same info.
Any help will be highly appreciated!

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