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Barnes & Noble has put itself up for sale, struggling amid a changing landscape for book sales. Chairman Len Riggio is considering a bid.

B&N cut the price of its Nook e-reader to $199 and unveiled a new W-Fi only model that costs $149, as the competition over electronic-book readers turns to a new battle front: price.

As the digital revolution sweeps the media world, Barnes & Noble, the leader in bookselling for 40 years, is re-examining its business model.

A lot more people have ordered the Barnes & Noble Nook, first announced on October 20, than the company expected (despite getting panned by the official reviewers). The company had Foxconn, their ODM, build far fewer of them than they should have.

Exactly one week after the announcement of its nook eBook reader, Barnes & Noble today announced that it will also sell the Plastic Logic QUE proReader. The QUE will be sold next to the the bookseller's own nook on BN.com and in B&N's stores.

Retailer Barnes & Noble is expected to disclose a $259 electronic book reader at an event in New York on Tuesday.

Barnes & Noble launched an eBookstore offering more than 700,000 titles readable on multiple platforms, including the iPhone, BlackBerry and Plastic Logic eReader. Kindle, beware?