Last month, Amazon said that it is laying off employees in its books section, which is where it all started. Employees from both the Kindle and Goodreads teams will be affected by the layoffs. Although fewer than 100 employees were impacted, the tech giant's action is a part of a much larger pattern of phased layoffs. Amazon has eliminated positions in a number of departments, including its communications division, Wondery podcast division, and devices and services division.