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Some may not want to take the time to do a little caveat emptoring before-hand. But the tools are still there for those who don't want to "buy blind."
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If you would like a very specific example that counters your point:
Go read the "Look Inside" blurb on Amazon for the book I started this thread about
: "Temple" by Matthew Reilly. I just scanned over about 75% of that Look Inside blurb, and didn't find anything horribly bad. So using "the tools", this books appears to be well (enough) formatted, thus appropriate for purchase. Now go buy it, or check it out from your library. See if you still feel it is appropriately formatted after reading and getting into, oh, I'd say about the 2nd half of the book. It seems like the farther you go in the book, the worse the formatting gets. Things become almost a joke as you near the last quarter of the book.
So in theory there are tools for us to use, but in practice they don't always provide the information we need.