Another thing about publishing with Smashwords: right before you put your book up, you have the...

Another thing about publishing with Smashwords: right before you put your book up, you have the option to add descriptive tags to make it easier for people to find your stuff. Once you start typing,the site offerssuggestions that match tags other people have used.

Many of these lists are really long. Part of the reason is because people—yes, even authors—don’t know how to spell.

Earlier this week, when I put my novel Jury’s Greatest Hits up there, I wanted to add “historical...