Appillionaires: Secrets From Developers Who Struck It Rich On The App Store

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More than 10 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple's AppStore and with the right combination of original ideas, great features, solid coding, unique designs, and savvy marketing, your apps could be a part of that staggering number. This book shows you how to turn your ideas into profit-making success stories. Citing a fascinating array of real-world examples, this useful book invites you to meet the rich and famous of the app development world. You'll look behind the scenes of these successful visionaries to learn their secrets first hand and discover how these bedroom coders became overnight millionaires. About The Author Chris Stevens is a leading designer of iPad and iPhone software. He created the best-selling app, Alice for the iPad, and also designed Twitch Origins, the first four-player game for iPhone. He has worked for BBC television and CNET, producing cutting-edge multimedia. Formerly a technology columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Times, Chris also presented and directed Space Bubble, a popular gadget show. Alongside his writing, Chris is an illustrator and film editor. He's worked for Warner Bros, EMAP, and Wired magazine. Table Of Contents PART I: THE BIRTH OF THE APP Introduction There's Gold in Them Hills App Store Roulette Challenges with the App Store The App Community The Siren Call Why I Wrote Appillionaires Where Will the Market Take Us? The Band of Dreamers Summary The Rise of the App Apple's False Start Taking a Journey Back in Time Finding a Carrier Was the Thing Summary A Bedroom Revolution Birth of the App Store What Apple Learned from the First Successful Apps A Renaissance in Gaming Summary The Gold Rush A Taste of Success Feeling the Appillionaire Buzz The Fallacy of Easy Money Summary The First Million A Box of Delights The Boy Genius The Hacker Army Grows Apps Invade by Stealth The Bedroom Programmer Awakes Summary PART II: THE APPILLIONAIRES Doodle Jump Croatian Dreams Bubblewrap If at First You Don't Succeed . . . Tic Tac Toe A Hand-Built Look and Feel Doodle Jump Is Born Doodle Jump 2 Is Born How Doodle Jump Changed Their Lives Summary Harbor Master Romancing the App Harbor Master Is Born Behind the Scenes Summary Pocket God A Basic Start Dropping Out Hardware Secrets How to Play God The Evolution of Pocket God The Life and Times of Castelnuovo The Public's Reaction LuckIs Part of the Formula Summary StickWars Defending the Castle A Life at Sea Summary Angry Birds A Global Hit 52nd Time Lucky A Rich History of Flying Animals Bigger than the iPhone Setting the App Standard Summary PART III: THE APP REVOLUTION From Bedroom to Boardroom A Golden Age An Escape from Corporate Tyranny Invasion of the Body Snatchers Summary Life in the Trenches An Expensive Game Trust-Fund Fantasies Feeding Time A Wicked Game A Special Time in History The Patent Threat Summary The Future of the App The Changing of the Guard What Makes a Killer App? Summary