Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Brad R. Torgersen
- Posts: 2109
- Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:19 am
- Location: Wasatch Front, United States, Planet Earth, Sol System
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
You are all making me blush.
Thank you for the praise.
Thank you for the praise.
Coming up: "Life Flight," in Analog magazine
Coming up: "The Chaplain's War," from Baen Books
www.bradrtorgersen.com
Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell nominee.
Coming up: "The Chaplain's War," from Baen Books
www.bradrtorgersen.com
Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell nominee.
-
- Posts: 69
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:36 pm
- Location: Earth
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
I've enjoyed what I've read so far by Brad and Annie, and I'll keep moving down the list. Meanwhile I figure I'll toss my hat in the ring, starting with the Kindle version of my novella The Aberration. I entered an early version of this in the contest, but the fantasy aspect was a stretch. It's much more of a horror story, so it got the expected boot. But if you get a chance, check it out at the affordable .99 price. Hope you enjoy...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Aberration-eb ... 124&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/The-Aberration-eb ... 124&sr=1-1

“Non omnis moriar..."
Website: http://bardconstantine.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bardwritesbooks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/BardConstantine
Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Bard-Constantine/e/B005DPD1ZI/
Website: http://bardconstantine.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bardwritesbooks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/BardConstantine
Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Bard-Constantine/e/B005DPD1ZI/
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
That's a cool cover, Bard.
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
I second that on the cover. :)
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
-
- Posts: 69
- Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:36 pm
- Location: Earth
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
izanobu wrote:That's a cool cover, Bard.
Thanks. It was actually quite easy to design. I purchased to rights to the stock photo, and used the cover creator on Createspace while publishing the printed version. I'm not all the techno savvy, but I fake like I know what I'm doing

“Non omnis moriar..."
Website: http://bardconstantine.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bardwritesbooks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/BardConstantine
Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Bard-Constantine/e/B005DPD1ZI/
Website: http://bardconstantine.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bardwritesbooks
Twitter:https://twitter.com/BardConstantine
Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Bard-Constantine/e/B005DPD1ZI/
- soulmirror
- Posts: 1971
- Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:34 am
- Location: USA
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Very evocative and cool cover art indeed, Bard!

'The only tyrant we accept in this world is the still voice within.' -Gandhi
IOTF:Winner Q1 vol.27 (3x Finalist); WOTF: HM x2
- M.O.Muriel
- Posts: 362
- Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:46 pm
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Hey guys! I've just put two shorts on amazon and smashwords. Both were WotF Honorable Mentions, and both are novel excerpts, self-contained chapters, of my military-themed, post-apocalyptic novel, Shadow Gate, first in a trilogy, which I will be proverbially taking with me to the WotF workshop this coming week. (Well, technically, the second short is from Book 2). I figured now would be the best time to get them out in the open. I've rendered the cover art on both. Enjoy! Here is the first:

Short Description: In post-apocalyptic 2513, the Shadowmen Faction is harvesting Clanswomen for their breeding program, but fighter Lysanda Turienn and several other POWs have a secret weapon to help them escape.
Extended Description: After the Killshot super solar flare decimated civilization, the survivors banded into the Thirteen United Clans. 250 years after the Event, a faction of telepathic warriors called the Shadowmen have broken from the Union, and they're harvesting Clanswomen for their breeding program. . . . But fighter Lysanda Turienn isn't about to let them continue. She and the other desperate women she's been apprehended with have a secret. They only hope it won't kill everyone.
amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Those-Gone-Into-Mania-ebook/dp/B007SA12FC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333844261&sr=8-1
smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149504
Short Description: In post-apocalyptic 2513, the Shadowmen Faction is harvesting Clanswomen for their breeding program, but fighter Lysanda Turienn and several other POWs have a secret weapon to help them escape.
Extended Description: After the Killshot super solar flare decimated civilization, the survivors banded into the Thirteen United Clans. 250 years after the Event, a faction of telepathic warriors called the Shadowmen have broken from the Union, and they're harvesting Clanswomen for their breeding program. . . . But fighter Lysanda Turienn isn't about to let them continue. She and the other desperate women she's been apprehended with have a secret. They only hope it won't kill everyone.
amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Those-Gone-Into-Mania-ebook/dp/B007SA12FC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333844261&sr=8-1
smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149504
~M. O. Muriel
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
- M.O.Muriel
- Posts: 362
- Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:46 pm
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Okay, and here is the second short:

Short Description: FAST Commander Wolf's trip into omniscience comes with an unexpected personal cost, when he utilizes an illicit technology to pry into Collective Consciousness in his quest to research the war between the Thirteen United Clans and the Shadowmen Faction.
Extended Description: It is an AVATAR of the Net, an Astral-Virtual Analog Thought-Analysis Redoubt. An illicit technology that allows its user to interface with the Grid of Collective Human Consciousness. And FAST Commander Wolf has been bequeathed its transducer from his late subordinate, Lysanda Turienn, so that he might research the clandestine cogs of the war the Thirteen United Clans are fighting against the telepathic Shadowmen Faction. But Wolf's trip into omniscience may come with an unexpected personal cost too hard to bear.
amazon: http://www.amazon.com/At-Pit-Despair-ebook/dp/B007SA1TKK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333845334&sr=8-3
smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149510
Enjoy!
Short Description: FAST Commander Wolf's trip into omniscience comes with an unexpected personal cost, when he utilizes an illicit technology to pry into Collective Consciousness in his quest to research the war between the Thirteen United Clans and the Shadowmen Faction.
Extended Description: It is an AVATAR of the Net, an Astral-Virtual Analog Thought-Analysis Redoubt. An illicit technology that allows its user to interface with the Grid of Collective Human Consciousness. And FAST Commander Wolf has been bequeathed its transducer from his late subordinate, Lysanda Turienn, so that he might research the clandestine cogs of the war the Thirteen United Clans are fighting against the telepathic Shadowmen Faction. But Wolf's trip into omniscience may come with an unexpected personal cost too hard to bear.
amazon: http://www.amazon.com/At-Pit-Despair-ebook/dp/B007SA1TKK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333845334&sr=8-3
smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149510
Enjoy!
~M. O. Muriel
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
- soulmirror
- Posts: 1971
- Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:34 am
- Location: USA
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Those are two absolutely amazing covers, Meghan !!! 
The second one imo is especially beautiful and mysterious! luv 'em !!!

The second one imo is especially beautiful and mysterious! luv 'em !!!

'The only tyrant we accept in this world is the still voice within.' -Gandhi
IOTF:Winner Q1 vol.27 (3x Finalist); WOTF: HM x2
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Those are really cool covers! Good luck with the stories!
- M.O.Muriel
- Posts: 362
- Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:46 pm
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Thanks Scott and Annie! My goal was to get them up before my flight out to the WotF workshop week. Whew! Yes, and I can still make a personal deadline (hard, hard, hard). Now I only have 7 more stories lined up needing cover art <sigh>
. Unless I write MORE short stories, lol!
P.S. Annie, you continue to be an inspiration for the e-pub thing
.

P.S. Annie, you continue to be an inspiration for the e-pub thing

~M. O. Muriel
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
(Meghan)
WotF - WINNER, 2nd Place, Q3, 2011, vol. 28 (5x HM)
IotF - WINNER Q2, 2010, vol. 27 (2x Finalist)
Visit me on Face Book: http://www.facebook.com/meghan.muriel
The Land of OCKT: http://www.facebook.com/TheLandofOCKT
- ThomasKCarpenter
- Posts: 1389
- Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:16 pm
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
I hate saying goodbye, especially when it's with a character I loved writing about. Unfortunately, all good stories must come to an end. But I'm still proud to be announcing the final book in my Gamers trilogy -- Coders.

http://thomaskcarpenter.com/2012/04/09/new-release-coders/
When Gabby infiltrates the Southlands, reality becomes a dangerous game.
Desperate to reach Zaela before war erupts, Gabby takes a chance that puts her life in peril. She asks the Coders to send her into the Southlands as a spy, a request she quickly regrets. Now she faces a new enemy, one that knows everything about her and exposes her weaknesses in a game for her life. But before she can win, Gabby must wrestle with old wounds and finally come to grips with the person she was meant to be.
The novel can be purchased by e-book for $6.99 at:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Coders-Gamers-3-ebook/dp/B007SGCE58/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1334016195&sr=1-14
B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1110011253?ean=2940014232913
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149901
The paperback link will be live in a couple of days.

http://thomaskcarpenter.com/2012/04/09/new-release-coders/
When Gabby infiltrates the Southlands, reality becomes a dangerous game.
Desperate to reach Zaela before war erupts, Gabby takes a chance that puts her life in peril. She asks the Coders to send her into the Southlands as a spy, a request she quickly regrets. Now she faces a new enemy, one that knows everything about her and exposes her weaknesses in a game for her life. But before she can win, Gabby must wrestle with old wounds and finally come to grips with the person she was meant to be.
The novel can be purchased by e-book for $6.99 at:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Coders-Gamers-3-ebook/dp/B007SGCE58/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1334016195&sr=1-14
B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1110011253?ean=2940014232913
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149901
The paperback link will be live in a couple of days.
Thomas K Carpenter
http://www.thomaskcarpenter.com
SFx2, SHMx1, HMx12 (Pro'd Out - Q4 2016)
EQMM - Feb 2015 / Abyss & Apex - Issue 50
http://www.thomaskcarpenter.com
SFx2, SHMx1, HMx12 (Pro'd Out - Q4 2016)
EQMM - Feb 2015 / Abyss & Apex - Issue 50
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
My three Gryphonpike Chronicles novellas are all free today. They won't be again (pulling them from Select after the experiment). Links are here if you want them: http://overactive.wordpress.com/read-my ... hronicles/
Also, got a map made for the series. It's pretty.

Also, got a map made for the series. It's pretty.

- Brad R. Torgersen
- Posts: 2109
- Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:19 am
- Location: Wasatch Front, United States, Planet Earth, Sol System
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
WHOA! That's one hell of a map!


Coming up: "Life Flight," in Analog magazine
Coming up: "The Chaplain's War," from Baen Books
www.bradrtorgersen.com
Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell nominee.
Coming up: "The Chaplain's War," from Baen Books
www.bradrtorgersen.com
Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell nominee.
- soulmirror
- Posts: 1971
- Joined: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:34 am
- Location: USA
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
True that! That map is as beautiful as any illustration, and about 100x cooler than most maps I've seen in books! It's stand-alone stunning!

'The only tyrant we accept in this world is the still voice within.' -Gandhi
IOTF:Winner Q1 vol.27 (3x Finalist); WOTF: HM x2
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
In observance of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, I've posted my Mirror Shards, Vol. 1 story "El Mirador" to read for free on my blog: http://kanearts.net/wordpress/2012/04/2 ... l-mirador/
-
- Posts: 2079
- Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:20 am
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Hi, all!
I have my very first short on Amazon. They're so cute when they're little! And they're even cuter when they're FREE.
The story will be free Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. Please download to your heart's content, sent copies to your friends and congresspersons, etc.
And should anyone feel motivated to review, tag, or 'like,' so much the better.
For Tomorrow We Diet

I have my very first short on Amazon. They're so cute when they're little! And they're even cuter when they're FREE.
The story will be free Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. Please download to your heart's content, sent copies to your friends and congresspersons, etc.
And should anyone feel motivated to review, tag, or 'like,' so much the better.
For Tomorrow We Diet

WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
I'm probably going to rework this one, but this is my latest:

What do you do when you're all alone in the night and millions of miles from home? Security Chief Janet Bryer made a costly mistake that sent her as far away from Earth as her superiors could manage and she's miserable. Low gravity, crummy food, and a horrible death behind every bulkhead makes her hate life. Stuck on Ganymede Station, a veritable retirement community, Janet didn't think her life could get any worse.
Until she found one of her officers dead in her office.
With a mad man hunting her down, she'll have to learn about her new home and trust people she regards as strangers to stay alive. Will the people she dismissed and ignored trust her enough to keep her safe? Or will this be her downfall?
This is a spin off from one of my others: http://www.amazon.com/Cybergenesis-ebook/dp/B005VWYX7I/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1335373526&sr=8-5

What do you do when you're all alone in the night and millions of miles from home? Security Chief Janet Bryer made a costly mistake that sent her as far away from Earth as her superiors could manage and she's miserable. Low gravity, crummy food, and a horrible death behind every bulkhead makes her hate life. Stuck on Ganymede Station, a veritable retirement community, Janet didn't think her life could get any worse.
Until she found one of her officers dead in her office.
With a mad man hunting her down, she'll have to learn about her new home and trust people she regards as strangers to stay alive. Will the people she dismissed and ignored trust her enough to keep her safe? Or will this be her downfall?
This is a spin off from one of my others: http://www.amazon.com/Cybergenesis-ebook/dp/B005VWYX7I/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1335373526&sr=8-5
Amanda McCarter
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
- Martin L. Shoemaker
- Posts: 4290
- Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:20 am
- Location: Michigan (more or less)
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
The blurb has me sold, Amanda; but if I didn't know you and hadn't read the blurb, my eyes would've passed right over that cover without even recognizing that this was my kind of book. Sorry.
http://Shoemaker.Space
Other worlds from award-winning author Martin L. Shoemaker
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT!
REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT!
Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience.
NNiNN
Other worlds from award-winning author Martin L. Shoemaker
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT!
REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT!
Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience.
NNiNN
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Thanks for the pointer, Martin. I'm not the best at covers and trying to find something that "fit" was especially difficult.
Amanda McCarter
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
-
- Posts: 760
- Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:42 am
- Location: Netherlands
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Unfortunately, I agree with Martin. It looks amateurish to me (I hate having to say that! but I want you to succeed). I think that may be largely the fault of the fonts. Also, it's so dark I thought she was wrapped in a fur coat, or something, and only after staring for a little while did I see the planets.
And, while I'm gaily stomping on you (sigh), I think the word you want is "madman" (unless you mean a literal angry man).
I do think the blurb is great, though!
And, while I'm gaily stomping on you (sigh), I think the word you want is "madman" (unless you mean a literal angry man).
I do think the blurb is great, though!
Much madness is divinest sense, to a discerning eye; much sense, the starkest madness. (Emily Dickinson)
http://www.graysonbraymorris.com
past entries: 5x HM, 3xR
current entries: none
http://www.graysonbraymorris.com
past entries: 5x HM, 3xR
current entries: none
- Dustin Adams
- Posts: 1938
- Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:47 am
- Location: IN MY HOUSE!
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
and only after staring for a little while did I see the planets
There's planets?

2x Finalist
2x Semi
4x Silver
9x HM
Eight EDF stories. 1 of 3 DSF: Short Stories. My Finalist #1 Finalist #2 coming soon
2x Semi
4x Silver
9x HM
Eight EDF stories. 1 of 3 DSF: Short Stories. My Finalist #1 Finalist #2 coming soon
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
This is what I get for listening to the boyfriend. I think I'll replace it with this: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images- ... age4658524
Amanda McCarter
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
- Martin L. Shoemaker
- Posts: 4290
- Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:20 am
- Location: Michigan (more or less)
- Contact:
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
AMcCarter wrote:This is what I get for listening to the boyfriend. I think I'll replace it with this: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images- ... age4658524
That gets the idea across better, I think!
http://Shoemaker.Space
Other worlds from award-winning author Martin L. Shoemaker
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT!
REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT!
Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience.
NNiNN
Other worlds from award-winning author Martin L. Shoemaker
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT!
REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT! REPEAT!
Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience.
NNiNN
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
That was my first choice, but for whatever reason, I wimped out, went with the other. Lesson learned.
Amanda McCarter
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
For what it's worth, I agree that the second image is more powerful.
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Me, too (on the second image being more powerful). And I like the blurb!
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
-
- Posts: 2079
- Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:20 am
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
FREE today and tomorrow. It's not a novel; just a wicked little short. Please download to your heart's content, send copies to your friends and congresspersons, etc.
And should anyone feel motivated to review, tag, or 'like,' so much the better.
For Tomorrow We Diet

And should anyone feel motivated to review, tag, or 'like,' so much the better.
For Tomorrow We Diet

WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Okay, redid the cover.


Amanda McCarter
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Amanda McCarter’s Blog
Honorable Mentions x5
Silver Honorable Mention x1
Semi-Finalist x1
Return to “Publishing: The Business Of”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest