Barnes & Noble has announced the start of a limited time free eBook and magazine offer through the NOOK App for Windows 8.1 in Switzerland. The perfect way to experience all that the NOOK App for Windows 8.1 has to offer, this deal enables new customers who download the app to receive free popular books and top magazines. The list features titles including:

-          L'homme volcan by Malzieu Mathias and Thomas Passe-Mondes,

-          Tomes 1 et 2 by Eric Tasset,

The offer also includes top selling magazines Maxim Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich, PCtipp, Beobachter Natur, Tele and Beobachter. As an added bonus, also featured is an assortment of samples including Le grand livre des idées reçues, Insolite et grandes énigmes and Hôtel - Chambre un. Customers will also get the Serial Lecteurs 2014 Collection, which contains the first chapters of popular thrillers from Harlen Coben, Eric Giacometti, Karine Giebel and Claude Izner.

"By providing bestselling books and top magazines for free, new NOOK customers in Switzerland can start their digital libraries with some great content from the NOOK Store®, helping them to experience our unmatched reading platform," said Colin Eustace, General Manager, Barnes & Noble in a statement. "The NOOK App for Windows 8.1 provides innovative features and a robust catalog of local and international content, and customers in Switzerland can download it now in the Windows Store and start reading today."

Barnes & Noble's NOOK App for Windows 8.1 is available to Windows 8.1 PC and tablet customers in 32 countries and in 21 languages through the Windows Store. The free app combines NOOK's award-winning reading experience with shopping directly from the app, so customers from 32 countries around the globe can discover, explore and read a growing and diverse selection of books, magazines, newspapers and comics from any Windows 8.1 tablet or PC. To get started, customers can sign in with a Microsoft account to shop and read without having to set up an additional account, providing a simplified reading and shopping experience.