Office Max Black Friday ads: Photoshop Elements 11 for $45 (w/Premiere Elements for $70), $50 iTunes for $35

To see the Office Max Black Friday ads, go to the Office Max home page, click on the "Weekly Ad" and select the appropriate week (depending on when you are reading this blog post). The brick and mortar specials will go live at 6am local time on Friday and 9am local time on Saturday. The online specials will go live at 6am EST on Thursday. On Thursday, Friday and Cyber Monday, online orders get free shipping if your total is $20+.

Amazon prices are included as a baseline price-comparison. The Amazon prices shown below are as of the time of writing of this blog-post and they are not updated automatically. Check the specific Amazon pages for the latest.

Thursday and Friday
+ Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for $45 [Amazon price: $50]

+ Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 11 for $70 [Amazon price: $135]

+ Canon A2300 black with free 8GB Lexar card and Lowepro camera case for $80 [Amazon price: $100]

+ Canon A4000 for $100 [Amazon price: $100 for some body colors]

+ Nikon Coolpix L26 red for $100 [Amazon price: $85]

+ Nikon Coolpix S3300 for $100 [Amazon price: $90]

+ Nikon Coolpix S6300 red with free 8GB Lexar and Lowepro case for $130 [Amazon price: $130]

+ Canon SX160 IS for $150 [Amazon price: $150]

+ Nikon Coolpix L810 superzoom for $200 [Amazon price: $200]

+ Canon SX500 IS superzoom for $250 [Amazon price: $250]

+ $250 HP Desktop (Windows 8) and $250 Toshiba Windows 8 laptop (with $50+ purchase of other items) [NOTE: the processors are very basic!]

+ 50% off Case Logic cases (various)

+ $15 Office Max reward on $100 Visa or Mastercard Gift Card (activation fee applies on Visa/Mastercard gift cards; Limit 1)

Friday only
+ $15 off a $50 iTunes Gift Card, that's a 30% off discount (think camera and photography apps like the $10 Photoshop Touch and $5 iApple photo app, photography books and camera guides, etc, etc, etc)
+ bargain-hunting tip: with many regular iTunes specials, you can theoretically never have to pay full price for iTunes purchases (different stores run different iTunes gift card promotions on a regular basis, including drugstores like CVS and Rite Aid)