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Black Friday is over, but you can still get these deals on MacBook laptops, PS5 consoles, Kindle readers and more

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Today, November 28, 2025, the Black Friday officially although, in general, many stores have been immersed in their sales campaigns for days (and even weeks). What’s more: many will extend it for a few more days. Not counting that Cyber ​​Monday will take place next Monday. But if we want to take advantage of the bargains of Black Fridayjust in case they run out (which is logical, taking into account some precious things), we can still get all these discounts on devices like the MacBook Air M4, the Nintendo Switch 2 or the cheapest Kindle reader of all, which is now even cheaper: MacBook Air M4 16/256 by 859 eurosbeautiful historical minimum for one of the best compact laptops on the market Nintendo Switch 2 plus Mario Kart World by 449 eurosa great gift for this Christmas that now costs 60 euros less Basic Kindle by 88 eurosthe lowest price to date for Amazon’s best-selling device Fire TV Stick 4K Plus by 29.99 eurosmore than 50% discount for, now, one of the Fire TV Stick with the best quality-price ratio in the entire catalog PlayStation 5 Pro by 699.99 euroswhich makes her star in one of her best offers to date MacBook Air M4 As far as devices for work or study are concerned, if I had to choose just one offer this Black Friday, I would undoubtedly opt for the one starring the MacBook Air M4 in stores like Amazon or MediaMarkt. It’s marked down to its lowest price ever., 859 eurosand the truth is that it is a bargain considering what it offers. The basic model of these devices is no longer so basic and The 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of SSD of this MacBook Air are good examples of this. In addition to this memory configuration, it has a 13-inch screen, two USB ports, one headphone jack and another MagSafe for charging. Furthermore, it contains Apple’s powerful M4has great autonomy and is compatible with Apple Intelligence. Apple 2025 13-Inch MacBook Air with M4 Chip The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Nintendo Switch 2 plus Mario Kart World Although it came out at the beginning of June, it was not until now, in the middle of Black Friday, when nintendo switch 2has featured an important offer across the board and simultaneously in different stores. At this time, the pack formed by the most ‘consoleMario Kart World‘has a price of 449 euros in MediaMarkt or PcComponentes (among others) and It’s a bargain that’s hard to miss.. If the new console already had the potential to be one of the most common gifts this Christmasnow it is even more so. This pack, with a RRP of 509 euros and now for about 60 euros less, comes with the console itself and ‘Mario Kart World’ in digital format. Hybrid console that improves on the previous generation in key points, such as resolution, refresh rate and, above all, the power of its hardware. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Kindle A regular of the Amazon Black Friday and MediaMarkt is the Kindle. All Kindles, actually. But The basic model is the best in terms of quality and price when, like now, we find it discounted. During these past days it already marked a very interesting minimum price, but today it is even cheaper and drops to 88 euros. It is the green model, the best seller in the Amazon device category in said store, which has this great price. If it does not arrive on time, the black model continues to be reduced to more than succulent ones 90.08 euros. Both, two readers with a 6-inch screen (with built-in light) at 300 dpi, 16 GB of space where hundreds of books fit and, above all, a heart attack autonomy That gives you weeks and weeks of use on a single charge. Amazon Kindle (latest generation) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Besides this, The rest of the members of the Kindle family also remain greatly discounted during this Black Friday: Kindle Paperwhite by 143.99 euros7 inch alternative Kindle Colorsoft by 180.99 eurossimilar to the Paperwhite but with a color panel Kindle Scribe 16GB per 294 eurosthe high-end of the Kindle family, which allows you to write on your screen Fire TV Stick 4K Plus When they are at their RRP, the Fire TV Stick HD It is the most economical and interesting of all if we are looking for the best quality-price ratio. But if we find them on sale, then this Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (reduced to just 29.99 euros) occupies that place, when combining price content or power to spare for any current television. With a 57% discount, this Amazon device is now a great purchase option if our television does not have smart TV functions or if, even if it does have it, it does so with a performance that is not everything we would like. Compatible with 4K panels, it has Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, HDR 10+ and WiFi 6. It comes with a remote and allows interact with Alexa. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus The price could vary. We earn commission from these links As with Kindle readers, all other Fire TV Stick devices They are also reduced to these prices: Fire TV Stick HD by 26.85 eurosperfect for FullHD televisions Fire TV Stick 4K Select by 19.99 euroseconomical alternative to 4K Plus (and best-selling purchase option in its category) Fire TV Stick 4K Max by 46.69 eurosthe most powerful and expensive model, which is now much cheaper PlayStation 5 Pro This Black Friday has given us great deals on video game consoles. Good news, without a doubt, with an eye on those Christmas gifts that many of us are already anticipating. Nintendo Switch 2 is the best example of this, but the deals starring the PlayStation 5 are not far behind. … Read more

Less science fiction is being written than ever, and the fault does not have the lack of ideas or the lack of readers

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Literary science fiction interests less than ever. Devoured by subgenres of fantasy with more popular pull, such as Romantasythe books that were previously guaranteed Best-Sellers are now only oddities, samples of a genre that is disappearing from libraries. Why has a genre that has been so popular now languishes? What has changed since a couple of decades ago was the king of the mambo of fantasy? Sales fall. In an article on reading habits, The Washington Post revealed A singular fact: only 12% of readers are interested in science fiction. The figures accompany that fall, to the point that in what we have been in, if we analyze the sales figures in the United States which provides publishers weeklyonly a gender book has sneaked into the top 10 of each year: ‘Ballad of singing birds and snakes’, very significantly the sequel to one of the great successes of the previous decade, ‘The Games of Hunger’. The power of Young adult. The science fiction had never sold as much as in the previous two decades, and all thanks to the dystopic and youth variants of the genre: 12 books sneaked into the best-sellers lists of the Decade of 10 and in the first ten years of the centurywith sagas such as ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Divergent’, ‘The Host’ and ‘A Time Fold’. There was also space for adult science fiction, no doubt pushed by this receptive state for the genre, especially works of big names such as Stephen King or Michael Crichton. And now, al Romantasy. What makes all the meaning: simply the same readers who augated youth dystopias are now interested in genres such as light fantasy and Romantasy… And that is what occupies the highest positions. In the last two years, books and sagas of the genre such as ‘Alas de Blood’, ‘A court of roses and thorns’ or ‘blood and ash’ have almost totally dominated (especially the 2023 and 2024) lists. Authors such as Rebecca Yarros or Sarah J. Maas repeat, year after year, with a frequency that was only available to the aforementioned King or Crichton. Media avalanche. This change in interest within the fantastic genre of readers who propel sales is the most immediate reason for the descent of science fiction in sales lists, but there are other more endemic causes, not so apparent. One of them is the media ecosystem: The public’s taste for science fiction stories is satisfied with films and series, faster and less demanding to consume. As contradictory that may seem, the absolute relevance of fantasy and science fiction in the mainstream audiovisual has played against books: Who wants to read science fiction sagas if In the cinema it has it embodied more spectacularly? The dystopia is here. From a more sociological perspective, interest in science fiction may have dissipated because reality has advanced to any fiction. It is a recurring bitter joke to talk about how reality has exceeded before planned Future pessimistsas those presented at ‘Blade Runner’ or ‘The maid’s story‘. With the Truncated future sensation That it occurs to generation Z, it is normal for the romantic escapism of ‘blood wings’ to be preferable to reminders that ‘1984’ has come true by advancing on the right and without caught the irony. Creative crisis. To all this is added the creative crisis that crosses current culture and the fantastic genre in particular. Most of the productions that They triumph at the box office and in the book sales They are sequelae or belong to franchises. Science fiction has always been a genre that has fed on risk, innovation and new ideas and with this panorama, it is normal to be stagnant. A classic like Orson Scott Card (‘Ender’s game’) in an article entitled ‘Are we facing the end of science fiction?‘: It is said that “all the really good stories that were possible within science fiction have been written.” Is there salvation? Orson Scott Card himself details in that article that a possible problem of gender is that science gives rise to less narrative formats, such as space trips or stellar wars. Now science focuses more on “theoretical, or sub-psychopic, or trans-cosmic” aspects. But in those sections where authors such interesting and renovating such as Greg Egan arise, Liu Cixin either Ted Chiangperhaps away from the tastes of the general public, but more than trained to make the genre remain alive. And perhaps that is the key: what else does it give whether or not you enter the supervent lists, while the genre continues to innovate Header | Daniel in Unspash In Xataka | The 25 best science fiction books

These are some of the best electronic book readers on offer

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Today, April 23, as every year, the Book Day. If you are thinking of making the leap from paper to digital, today is an excellent opportunity to buy an electronic book reader. If you are a bit lost and you don’t know which model you will opt for, we are going to show you some of those we have found on offer. Kobo Clara Color by 149 euros: with 16 GB and 6 ”color screen. Kobo Libra Color by 219.90 euros: With 7 ”color and water resistant screen. New Amazon Kindle (2024) by 99 euros: with 16 GB and 6 ”screen. SPC DICKENS LIGHT 2 by 87.99 euros: With 8 GB and autonomy of up to one month. Variation Scribas Woxter by 69 euros: With 4 GB of memory and screen e-ink pearl. Kobo Clara Color Today, electronic book readers have evolved considerably and we can even find color screen models (also destined for comics readers). Such is the case of Kobo Clara Colorwhich is lowered in Mediamarkt and you can buy it for 149 euros. In Amazon It is also at the same price, but with a high shipping time: from 3 to 7 months. This Kobo Clara Color It stands out for its screen, which with color electronic ink and with a six -inch diagonal. In addition, it has Comfortlight Pro technology, which allows to reduce blue light. It comes with a 16 GB storage and its battery is able to offer up to 42 days of autonomy. As far as connectivity is concerned, integrates Bluetooth and Wifi. Kobo Clara Color | Electronic color reader * Some price may have changed from the last review Kobo Libra Color Another ereader of the Kobo firm that is worth it, especially now that it is reduced, is the Kobo Libra Color. In PCComponentes, you can now find it for 219.90 euros Faced with the almost 240 euros that usually costs. Kobo Libra Color is a EREADER Very complete. It weighs 199.5 grams and its screen is in color and seven inches. Besides, Water resists up to two meters and allows you to customize the source and text size. It comes with 32 GB of memory and offers an autonomy of up to 40 days. Kobo Libra Color Digital Text Reca * Some price may have changed from the last review New Amazon Kindle (2024) If there is a famous ereader, that is (without a doubt) the Amazon Kindle. Now, in this e-commerce giant, the Kindle of 2024 It is lowered, so that it is one of the star gifts on Book Day. Its usual price is almost 120 euros but, at the moment, it is available for 99 euros. He Kindle (2024) He is a very easy -to -use electronic book reader. Has its own store to download and buy books and this model comes with 16 GB of internal storage. Its screen is six -inch and its battery offers an autonomy of about two weeks. New Amazon Kindle (16 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review SPC DICKENS LIGHT 2 Another of the cheap Ereaders that we want 12% discountstaying in 87.99 euros. This electronic book reader has an electronic ink screen (with six intensity levels) and a six -inch diagonal. You can use it both in vertical position. It comes with an 8 GB memory and is very fine and light. Its battery offers an autonomy of up to a month. SPC Dickens Light 2 – Electronic book with backlit screen and light with 6 intensity levels * Some price may have changed from the last review Variation Scribas Woxter The last of the Ereaders that we want to offer you is the most economical we have found. It is about Variation Scribas Woxtera model without great pretensions but that will allow you to read your favorite books without spending a pasture. Specifically, you can buy it on Amazon for 69 euros. This model has a Six-inch pearl e-break screen. It offers multiple letter sizes and up to 16 gray levels and has a powerful processor. Its internal memory is 4 GB, but you can expand it through MicroSD card Up to 32 GB. Variation Scribas Woxter (Black, 6 “) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Amazon, Kobo, SPC and Woxter In Xataka | If this Christmas has given you an electronic book, these five accessories for Kindle and Kobo are ideal to accompany them In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

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