If you’re shopping for great book deals this Black Friday, but don’t find them, you might consider shopping for books on Read Tuesday.

Read Tuesday is a Black Friday type of sale just for book lovers. In 2013, it will be Tuesday, December 10.

You will find great savings on a variety of books on Read Tuesday. Here is a very brief sample:

• Historical fiction novelist M. Louisa Locke’s A Victorian San Francisco Mystery series will be on sale in paperback. If you prefer e-book, look for her omnibus edition, which has great savings for the holidays. The first book in this series, Maids of Misfortune, has over 500 reviews on Amazon. The Black Friday price of the e-book is pretty good, too. Check it out.

• Paranormal author Cate Dean will be participating with the first book of her The Claire Wiche Chronicles series, Rest for the Wicked…