Amazon stopped discounting?

Was on Amazon.com this morning and noticed that they are no longer discounting new massmarket paperbacks. A quick search confirmed that there seems to be a new policy--hardcovers and tradepaperbacks are discounted, massmarket is not.

Anyone else noticed this? As far as I can tell this is a recent phenomenon.

And that was the day that was

Writing: Got a chunk of writing done today, not outstanding, not bad. Also worked on the interview for Bantam Spectra. I'd set a new standard for brevity in my answers, and realized I needed to expand these a bit, lest my editor think I was supplying cryptogram clues as opposed to an actual interview.

Biking: First ride of the year. I suck, but not as badly as I'd feared. I noticed an immediate difference with the new chain--gear changes are smoother, and all of the gears seem just a tiny bit easier to pedal than they were before the winter break. Still trying to figure out biking shoes--my old shoes need to be retired so I'm exploring my options. I don't need new shoes yet, but I will need them when I start serious rides. Sadly there isn't a bike store around here with a decent selection of women's shoes, so I'm going to have to deal with mail order, which is always fun when you're trying to order shoes.

Reading: Finished HEX AND THE CITY by Simon R. Green. Whee, I'm on a roll.

Yesterday's mail brought an advance copy of THE FIRST BETRAYAL. The ARC was beautiful but I'd been concerned that it was on the slender side. To me it looked like a 75K novel, far thinner than one of the DEVLIN books, and I was afraid that the thin spine didn't scream "epic fantasy". But I'd worried needlessly, as the difference in the paper and binding process between the ARC and a massmarket is larger than I'd guessed. The final paperback is a respectable 1" wide, compared to the 3/4" ARC.

Not much else new. Still fighting off some kind of miscellaneous crud that's been going around.