Syncing pdf stored in ibooks

Hi
I broke the glass in my ipad and opted to replace it with ipad4. I am having trouble syncing my pdf files that are stored in ibook.

I noticed this too begining in November/December 2012. I had no trouble with my ipad 4, but now I am using a mini and I cannot get my pdf's in ibooks to sync between my ipad mini and my mac. Something changed?

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Add iBooks and audiobooks to iPod, iPhone, or iPad
You can download iBooks to your computer and use iTunes to sync them to your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. You can also use iTunes to sync audiobooks to your iPod or iOS device.
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One last attempt at explaining how this is still working for me, with a clarification on my 9 Dec post: All books works better than Selected Books.
1. Open iBooks on your Mac, go to Preferences, then in General make sure check box next to Sync is ticked
2. Select Collections from top menu in iBooks, then select PDFs from the side bar, and drag your new pdf into the main window (of PDFs). If you drag it to another collection it goes to PDFs anyway. You may move it to you chosen collection then.
3. Open settings on you iPad and swipe to iBooks on the sidebar. I have both Sync Bookmarks and Sync Collections slider buttons on (green colour visible).
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4. Close iBooks & open iTunes. Plug in your iPad and immediately stop it from syncing (if it is set to do this automatically). Then click the iPad button, showing the menu items: Summary, Apps, etc. Click on Books. With the sub menu Books and PDF files selected under Books, tick the box Sync Books and Select the button All books.
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Syncing pdf stored in ibooks

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