What does this mean going forward? We’re not entirely sure and Amazon’s standard policy of silence is really not endearing them to anyone as we’re left to ponder things. Something that started… either about a year and a half ago, if you count when Comixology first started giving the heads up that the site was going away or about a year if you want to count it as when the site did finally get shuttered. In theory, this is to finish integrating Comixology into Amazon. There will be more mass exits around June and October. Around 75% of the workforce is already out the door. The short version: Amazon has eliminated all the Comixology jobs. Here’s his Friday update thread. He’s vouching for the broad strokes of this investigative piece from The Beat. Here’s the original “announcement” Twitter thread that’s quoted in most coverage. Scott McGovern, a program manager who also worked on the discount sales is essentially the unofficial spokesman for the laid off Comixology workers. On Wednesday, we started to find out about some fairly massive layoffs at Comixology. In case you’re having troubles with the new UIX (a LOT of people have been):įirst we should probably talk a little about what’s been going on at Amazon and Comixology. (Disclosure: If you buy something we link to on our site, we may earn commission.) Where did the New Releases and Sale pages go? And we talk a little about the Comixology layoffs. DC… that’s complicated, but BOOM! has a “Best of” sale. In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, Spidey and the Black Panther get discounts.
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