Not that long ago I received an e-mail from somebody who asked me if I could offer any tips or suggestions regarding time management as a relates to running an e-book publishing business. This is a really important question. The truth is, far too many aspiring e-book publishers find themselves doing a bunch of busy work and dealing with a bunch of interruptions to really keep them from getting anything meaningful done. So what's the solution to this problem?

In my opinion their two basic approaches you can take. The first approach is to basically set strict work hours and basically have a detailed schedule that you will be following. I realize that this doesn't necessarily work for everybody. An alternative is to basically limit the number of ways you can potentially be interrupted. This means disconnecting the phone, and sometimes even disconnecting yourself from the Internet to work off-line. Does this seem a little bit harsh? Perhaps. But the truth of the matter is the dealing with constant interruptions really takes away from your ability to focus on what's important.

Here's a bottom-line: if you want to limit the number of potential distractions that you have to deal with on a daily basis that I highly recommend that you give yourself a strict daily schedule follow. In the absence of a strict daily schedule, I would alternative we recommend that you try to limit the number of distractions that you will be confronted with as you try to get things done.