Okay, so going on the assumption that that's what we're talking about: I agree that someone putting all their points in format at the expense of writing is not great. But format is a crucial part of Usability, right?
I'm also starting to think it's a crucial part of Readability, which I guess some people don't think is important, but let's face it, the majority of these titles we're picking up are never going to see play at the table. If I can't at least get a good reading experience out of it, what's the point?
And I've got a folder full of 'The Best's and 'No Regrets' that I'll never get through. Partially because reading on a screen sucks and most of these PDF's are useless on a Kindle, but in many cases, because the two columns, unformatted, 9 Point Times New, word wall is absolutely depressing.
I'm saying it:
I would literally rather read something by someone who dicked around with AI art or paid out of their own pocket for some original artwork, and put maybe a little too much time into their precious, fancy format, but went a little long on their backstory and read-aloud (or one or two other cardinal design sins), then I would a 14 page mess, one step up from campaign notes, that is an absolute masterpiece of distilled, evocative writing.