Why can't I sync pdfs from my iPad to my iPhone?

I have pdfs on my iphone and ipad but the two sets aren't identical and nothing I do can get them to sync to each other. In iTunes I have 'all books' selected under the books tab for both the phone and the pad.
When I tick 'selected books' I can then scoll down and tick all the pdfs that I want to sync from my iPad but the pdf that I really want to transfer is no where to be seen in iTunes.  When I do the same on my iPhone iTunes doesn't even recognise a single pdf file - none of them are there.
I have tried to drag and drop the documents into iTunes or use the import feature in the menu but niether of them work for either the iPad or iPhone.
I don't understand why this is so incredibly difficult.

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