Sync ibooks to New Mac

Dear friends,
I need your kind advise on my situation. I have many ibooks' .pdf files on my ipad (first generation). Those files were synced through my macbook pro's itunes. However, my macbook pro crashed, and i can not recover the files contained therein. Therefore i get a new macbook air. I am planning to synced all files, especially those .pdf files on my ipad to my new macbook air.
I found one way, that such files can be emailed one by one manually. It takes time and a lot of efforts (hundreds of .pdf files). Is there any easy way to sync my .pdf files on my ipad ibooks app to my new macbook air?
I will highly regard your kind advise.
Br,
Aron

If you purchase or download free books on one Mac, they should be available on the other Mac given you are usiing the same Apple ID on both Macs.
Launch iBooks o both Macs.
You may be prompted for your Apple ID and password to proceed.
Then the select Purchased on the left.
There's no need to sync your books.
For more help for the iBooks app, with the app open, from the menu bar click Help > iBooks Help.

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