SBD what to read in the doctor's office

Okay, I have a novel put into PDF now I just need to load it onto websites and blogs from my computer. Any suggestions?

Today: I'm sitting with my Kindle reading some smut and I realize the woman in the chair next to me is practically breathing down my neck trying to read along. The whole point of bringing a Kindle was because I can make the font bigger so I can leave the glasses at home (which I do by accident anyway. Still not used to dragging the damn things everywhere).

I either need some way to scramble the screen or a more acceptable book. It got me thinking what you should read in which sort of office. I was in a GI Dr.'s office and it seems to me Jacque Pepin's autobiography [h/t Lyvvvvvie] or any cook book is perfect there. I'd have to save the smut for the OB/GYN. Oncologist? Well, I'd say Mary Roach, but that's just rude and uncalled for on my part. Okay, fantasy works for any doctor's office. Seriously.

EDITED TO ADD: Definition of SBD - Smart Bitches Day. For further explanation, click this sentence. Is that you, Leslie?

Uh oh. The spotlight is shining on the moon; the wolves are baying; the phone just rang. It's time to get a boy.

Comments

  1. Netti6:09 PM

    LOL! Well never know, maybe you started a trend with her and she ran out and bought one herself :D

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  2. meljean brook8:04 PM

    Do you just need an easy program to put it into a PDF?

    I use PrimoPDF (it's a free download) and after you install it, you just go to your word processor and "print" it -- you just select PrimoPDF as your printer. You can put passwords on it, make it printable, allow users to copy/paste or not, and so on.

    I've used it for all of my ARCs without a problem.

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  3. Anonymous10:44 PM

    Hey, I've been wondering. What does SBD stand for? I always think of "silent but deadly" - but I know that can't be it.

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  4. Anonymous11:49 PM

    No Kate, that's not me. I don't have to ask, I already knew that SBD stands for Silent But Deadly.

    But the second definition is interesting.

    But really, not me. I like to identify my anonymous posts with kisses and hugs.

    Hope you're good.

    xxoo

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  5. Lyvvie7:11 AM

    Whenever I'm the Dr's office there's nothing but two year old Cosmopolitan and National Geographic, so one way or the other someone's going to see boobs.

    Perhaps I should create a Bento picture book and leave it in the waiting room and see if my web hits increase.

    I may have to get a kindle. I keep forgetting my glasses too.

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