Beta Version

by Jan Bitencourt, Ana Silvani (Editor), Nathalia Coppa (Translator)

She created a fearless woman. Now she can't control her.

Everyone has a B side. The problem arises when it comes to life and steals your story.

Alberta plans to travel to Madrid to write her new book, but instead, she decides to send her character Beta to explore the city on her behalf. The author finds everything she needs in the virtual world to convince others that she’s truly there. That is, until Beta steals her narrative, refuses to stay on the page, hijacks Alberta’s social media, rewrites her novel, and claims her own voice.

She forces Alberta into a frantic rush to leave her comfort zone and track her down. Alberta begins to fear that Beta may not be as virtual as she thought. A sharp, provocative tale of identity, authorship, and the wild power of female reinvention.

164 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2025

About the author

Jan Bitencourt is an advertising copywriter, entrepreneur and addicted to books. She has published Contos Mínimos [Minimum Tales], a book of Nano tales written with three authors. She has a blog www.caiuacaneta.blogspot.com.br and Beta Version is her debut novel and the result of a literary workshop she participated in in 2012 at ‘Terracota Editora’.