Wiktionary
alt. An electronic or digital version of a text. n. An electronic or digital version of a text.
Wikipedia
e-text (from " electronic text"; sometimes written as etext) is a general term for any document that is read in digital form, and especially a document that is mainly text. For example, a computer based book of art with minimal text, or a set of photographs or scans of pages, would not usually be called an "e-text". The term is usually synonymous with e-book.
An e-text may be a binary or a plain text file, viewed with any open source or proprietary software. An e-text may have markup or other formatting information, or not.
An e-text may be an electronic edition of a work originally composed or published in other media, or may be created in electronic form originally.
Usage examples of "e-text".
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It is a worldwide library created and maintained by a small army of dedicated volunteers who scan, proofread, and upload dozens of new e-texts every week.
The e-texts posted on PG are copyright free or with permission from their authors and publishers.