Opening CS5 BOOK to CS4

Hello,
I created a 188 page book in InDesign CS5, broken up to 4 documents....and my printer has CS4 and they are going to want the native files (or at least they have always asked for them before).....
I know that to open a CS5 document in CS4 I should export to a IDML file...But I never created a book for CS4...
I am a little nervous about simply converting each document to in my book to IDML because of the auto page numbering AND/OR the possibility of pages shifting (for example, pages that are supposed be on the right might show up on the left)...Will a CS5 .indb file open in CS4? (I wouldn't think so)
Any advice to avoid formatting issues or layout problems?
Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot guys.....Actually turns out, our printer upgraded to CS5 three days ago...Which is good, but I agree that books can do wacky things....
So I will send PDF's in addition to the book.
Thanks again

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