Sync itunes on Mac and PC

Hi
Not sure if anyone can help but here goes...
I have a Macbook Pro (Mountain Lion) and a Laptop (Windows 7) and boh have iTunes 11 with the same Apple ID. I mostly import music from CD and sometimes I use the Macbook to import music and  other times the Laptop, so my local libraries don't always match. Is there a way to import CDs from either machine so iTunes automatically sync? I've also tried Homeshare but can't seem to be able to manually drag and drop files from one to the other.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Troubleshooting Home Sharing - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
No way to do it automatically I know of, certainly not with music other than iTunes purchases.  The only "automatic" way I know if is to have them share the same library file on a common drive.
Dragging should work.  It works in neither direction?  Mac iTunes does not support WMA format.

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