Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Clive Barker‘s Abarat for only $1.99 (that’s 78% off the print list price of $8.99).

This title is the first installent in the Abarat novel series. The paperback edition is available now also at the bargain price of $4.00.

I HIGHLY recommend grabbing this eBook. Abarat one of my favorite books of all time, and it’s one of Barker’s greatest offerings.

This deal is valid only for today, Thursday, May 9, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

— You can gift Kindle books and set your gift to be delivered whenever you want to anyone with an email address. On the Product Page (on the top right side), click the button that reads “Give as a Gift.” From there you enter the recipient’s email address and note the date you’d like your gift to be delivered via email, and also include a personalized message. There’s also the option to have the gift emailed right to you that you can forward the gift email to the recipient yourself or print it out and personally deliver it to the recipient.

— 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.