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Appillionaires
Secrets from Developers Who Struck It Rich on the App Store
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Turn your app ideas into a money-making goldmine

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.

  • Serves as a must-have introduction to the fascinating, cutting-edge world of app design, where innovation reaps reward
  • Shows you how to structure your app development process based on the Appillionaires who made their fortune
  • Explores what works and what doesn't with regards to getting your app featured and enticing buyers
  • Looks at successful apps such as Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja, and many others that have taken the app world by storm

    • If you were unaware of the potential to make money from selling your apps, then app-arently, you really need this book!
    Turn your app ideas into a money-making goldmine

    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.

  • Serves as a must-have introduction to the fascinating, cutting-edge world of app design, where innovation reaps reward
  • Shows you how to structure your app development process based on the Appillionaires who made their fortune
  • Explores what works and what doesn't with regards to getting your app featured and enticing buyers
  • Looks at successful apps such as Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja, and many others that have taken the app world by storm

    • If you were unaware of the potential to make money from selling your apps, then app-arently, you really need this book!
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    About the Author-
    • Chris Stevens (London) 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 1

      Chapter 1: Introduction 3

      Th ere's Gold in Th em Hills 4

      App Store Roulette 5

      Challenges with the App Store 6

      Th e App Community 8

      Th e Siren Call 10

      Why I Wrote Appillionaires 11

      Where Will the Market Take Us? 11

      Th e Band of Dreamers 14

      Summary 15

      Chapter 2: Th e Rise of the App 17

      Apple's False Start 18

      Taking a Journey Back in Time 22

      Finding a Carrier Was the Th ing 23

      Summary 23

      Chapter 3: A Bedroom Revolution 25

      Birth of the App Store 25

      What Apple Learned from the First Successful Apps 28

      A Renaissance in Gaming 33

      Summary 35

      Chapter 4: Th e Gold Rush 37

      A Taste of Success 37

      Feeling the Appillionaire Buzz 39

      Th e Fallacy of Easy Money 40

      Summary 41

      Chapter 5: Th e First Million 43

      A Box of Delights 43

      Th e Boy Genius 45

      Th e Hacker Army Grows 47

      Apps Invade by Stealth 49

      Th e Bedroom Programmer Awakes 51

      Summary 57

      PART II: THE APPILLIONAIRES 59

      Chapter 6: Doodle Jump 61

      Croatian Dreams 62

      Bubblewrap 64

      If at First You Don't Succeed . . . 67

      Tic Tac Toe 69

      A Hand-Built Look and Feel 72

      Doodle Jump Is Born 74

      Doodle Jump 2 Is Born 83

      How Doodle Jump Changed Th eir Lives 87

      Summary 90

      Chapter 7: Harbor Master 91

      Romancing the App 92

      Harbor Master Is Born 95

      Behind the Scenes 101

      Summary 103

      Chapter 8: Pocket God 105

      A Basic Start 106

      Dropping Out 107

      Hardware Secrets 109

      How to Play God 110

      Th e Evolution of Pocket God 114

      Th e Life and Times of Castelnuovo 116

      Th e Public's Reaction 118

      Luck Is Part of the Formula 119

      Summary 120

      Chapter 9: StickWars 123

      Defending the Castle 124

      A Life at Sea 129

      Summary 131

      Chapter 10: Angry Birds 133

      A Global Hit 134

      52nd Time Lucky 135

      A Rich History of Flying Animals 139

      Bigger than the iPhone 142

      Setting the App Standard 145

      Summary 146

      PART III: THE APP REVOLUTION 149

      Chapter 11: From Bedroom to Boardroom 151

      A Golden Age 151

      An Escape from Corporate Tyranny 152

      Invasion of the Body Snatchers 159

      Summary 162

      Chapter 12: Life in the Trenches 165

      An Expensive Game 166

      Trust-Fund Fantasies 170

      Feeding Time 176

      A Wicked Game 178

      A Special Time in History 184

      Th e Patent Th reat 190

      Summary 191

      Chapter 13: Th e Future of the App 193

      Th e Changing of the Guard 194

      What Makes a Killer App? 195

      Summary 199

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