For today only, Amazon’s Daily Kindle Deal is a sale of up to 80% off on more than 500 Kindle books for Students*, with books as low as $.99.

Here’s a tiny sample of just some of the books available in this sale:

– Physical Geography: The Basics – $2.39
– Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own – $.99
– Shakespeare: The Basics, Second Edition – $2.39
– Understanding Law and Society – $2.39

Once you click through to the deals page from on the main sale page; at the top there’s several categories linked — like Arts & Architecture, Business, Communications — so be sure to click on each one to view the select books in this sale.

This deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 10, 2012, until 11:59pm PST.

NOTE – you don’t actually need a Kindle device to read these ebooks. Books can be read on a Kindle or one of Amazon’s free reading apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows PC, Mac, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7. Also, you can gift Kindle books and set your gift to be delivered whenever you want to anyone with an email address.

*Today’s Kindle deal is in conjunction with Amazon Student — if you’re a college student, it’s free to enroll; you just need a valid school (.edu) email address. Membership comes with six months free Amazon Prime and other perks.