PDFs won't save in iBooks

I used to be able to open in iBooks and my PDFs would save into iBooks. It was a great system. It appears ios5 has created issues with this. I try at least 4-5 times per PDF and it still doesn't work. It for a split second appears to work then it disappears. I have rebooted and restarted but still doesn't work. I am saving PDFs to kindle currently which over comes the problem however I want my iBooks back.

Sorry to hear that the problem is back.
I don't know if you have a problematic pdf file causing the issue, an app conflict, iBooks just can't handle the load - or who knows whatever at this point.
I don't know what else to try except to go back to the basics. Why don't you close apps and restart - if you haven't tried this already. You shouldn't have to close apps at all - unless of course one of your apps is wreaking havoc for some reason with iBooks. See if that makes any difference.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close open apps by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the apps. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

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