If you don't want to brave the crowds at malls today, here's a sampling of Black Friday online deals that might interest you.
Barnes & Noble is touting its biggest Black Friday sale ever. Among the online deals: 50% off the "Taste of Mario" boxed set, 30% off the Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy set, and 41% off the seven-book Harry Potter paperback set.
Amazon is running deeply discounted "lightning deals" throughout the day on books and related items. For example, "The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force" is going up at 11 a.m. EST and "Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years" goes up at 3 p.m. There are deals in other categories, including movies, where you can pick up adaptations such as "Dear John," for $5.99 and "The Blind Side" for $3.99 all day. You can also buy an annual subsciption to magazines such as Marie Claire, Esquire and Redbook for a mere $5.
At Borders, the Black Friday deals include discounts on the Kobo, Sony and other e-readers.