There may be only 2 volumes published so far in the Scags Series but there are so many ways to own them.
We’ve gone from offering the books in e-book only format to print on demand as well. And then, to open up even more ways to read and for us to expand the whole idea of reading, we now have created Living Books available only on the iPad app. This means that however you want to experience the series, it will be available as an e-book, as a bound book through the Espresso Book Machine system or as an iPad app. This amount of choice is meant to be intriguing or it may just be confusing. Whatever your response to it, please go ahead and order away and send us a comment or two about what you think of all our ordering options. We are even offering a signed copy of the original printing of Scags at 7, personalized for you, at a very reasonable cost.
Scags at 7
- Buy original bound copy, signed by author: $20.00, includes postage and handling
- Buy e-book: $5.99
- Buy Print on Demand copy from McNally Jackson: $18.95
- Buy the app with your iPad: $5.99
Scags at 18
- Buy e-book: $12.99
- Buy Print on Demand copy from the McNally Jackson: $18.95
- Buy the app with your iPad: $12.99
New Scaggs iPad App
What we have created is a Living Book. The new iPad app is something that we are very proud of and want to encourage all readers whether they have read the books in other versions to also buy them in the app.
The Scags app is Sullivan Street Press’ way to enter the newer part of the e-book age and to show what can be done to enhance the experience of reading a book. A Living Book is one that grows and changes. It is one that allows the reader to interact with the author and to also interact with other readers. It is a new kind of book that helps to explore more than is on the page in ways that are creative, interactive, and engaging.
Some readers will find this new format a way to educate themselves about a time and places. Other readers will become engaged in the fanzine writing. Others most likely will be interested in the social issues that are explored in the series. And I am sure that many will also become involved in all of this and more as they dig into what is provided only for readers of the iPad app versions of the Scags Series.
Digging deeper means that we can become involved with what has happened to Scags during the time she was in high school or after she left college and beyond. The Series may have only four volumes but by the time the entire series is on the app, I am confident all readers will know the entire story of Scags’ life. Making this a joint process is another reason why this series is a Living Book.
Here is what Paul Canetti, Founder and CEO of MAZ, had to say about our new iPad app:
“We are thrilled to be working with a brand like Scags that really takes advantage of the interactive features MAZ provides. To date, eBooks have been as static as their paper ancestors, but after reading Scags on the iPad you will start to understand the true potential of digital reading. The way that they integrate web content and social media into the pages of the book is groundbreaking, and I’m just happy that MAZ is able to give them the tools to make their creative vision a reality.”
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Scags at 7 – eBook 
Scags at 7 begins the epic story of Scags by introducing us to a particularly rich, sensuous, and imagistic child’s world. Readers experience again the totally open mind of the just beginning human brain. Almost hallucinatory in its vividness and sensory appeal, Scags takes us into the darkness of the adult strata by indirection and tone. There is such abundance in this voice! A love of life that bubbles over even amid the gathering shadows that growing up will bring.
Read this book! It is unforgettable!
Readers of “Scags at 7″ won’t be surprised to find that at 18 Scags has grown into an unusually interesting young woman. Her journal entries give the reader the intimate experience of peeking over her shoulder as she struggles with a whole world of new experiences as a college freshman in the late 60s in Vermont. Thankfully, Scags is more interested in issues of class, race, feminism, and sexual politics than she is with beauty culture or fitting in. She’s funny, thoughtful, innocent and outraged and I’m looking forward to catching up with her again at age 30.
You must read this book. You will fall in love with Scags & her great desire to touch, taste, hear, smell & feel life. She wants to make sense of what’s going on around her. When you read this book you will no longer look at your own father the same way. You will want to be seven again giving him nicknames & crawling into his lap. Read this book and you will remember how you saw the world at seven and in a way you will once again be 7 right along with Scags.
I LOVED this story! The character of Scags is so closely observed she practically leaps off the page. This book is at once touching and heartbreaking—it’s one of the best reads I’ve had in a long time. Highly, highly recommended.
In Scags at 7, Emin achieves magic, channeling the voice and perceptions of a little girl. Through that little girl’s eyes, readers get to watch as a comfortable childhood world gives way to something dark, complex, harrowing. This book moved me and broke my heart. You can’t ask for much more in a novel.
I can’t recommend Scags at 7 highly enough. And then when you finish it, I recommend that you read Scags at 18 post haste! Scags at 7 is a wonderful, engaging, heartbreaking story of a little girl who sees only the good in the world, even while her own corner of the world slowly unravels around her. And in Scags at 18, you will applaud her resilience and her wisdom as she embarks upon the journey into adulthood. Like me, you will be looking forward to the unfolding of the next chapter in Scag’s uncommon life.
Participating in the video project has given me a renewed and deeper appreciation for Scags at 7. It is wonderful to hear the words again – and from so many different voices! The voice is truly expressive of a year old girl and poetic at the same time.It brings to life a remarkable character and brings vividly back to life suburban life in the 50′s.