PDF docs disappear from iBooks after upgrading to iOS 4.2

I recently upgraded my wifi-only iPad to iOS 4.2. Afterwards, when I opened iBooks, most of the .PDF publications I had previously stored there in the Library had disappeared -- just one remained out of 20! Are they gone permanently, or is there a way I can retrieve them? Phil in Toronto

Check the "Media Kind" for the item under "Get Info > Options" change it to "Book"
This seems to be a bug in 4.2.1

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As far as I can work out, from incomplete downloads, ticks denote all downloaded ok.
The manually manage option is for those who want to tailor their library collections in Music and Video to specific items. If you have this ticked, then it will sync with the sync selections in your devices pages (eg, Music, videos).
If you want to sync all of your collection 'all' the time, leave manually manage off and put the a tick in the devices' page to sync all items Dependent on iCloud use, and or automatic download options in iTunes, new purchased items are added and synced automatically as they are added - this only applies to Store purchased items.
If you are going to added content outside of the Store, then Manually Manage is the option to take for Music and Videos - it does not affect anything else. IE Apps or podcasts, etc.
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