I don't have the energy or inclination, or the knowledge, or even a Kindle - but I'll bet there's the makings of a good article/critique or Op-Ed kind of piece there, aimed at a serious broad market literary journal like the New York Review of Books or the Sunday NY Times Book Section. Or (just to prove I'm not totally New York-centric) Poetry. Go to it, Roger! Robert? Somebody?
I also suspect that (a) one key reason for the sloppiness is that the Kindle poetry market is so tiny compared to other oportunities, and the formatting and editing/checking of poetry is such a pain-in-the-ass compared to prose, that publishers give improving the poetry format a very low priority and, in effect, never get to it, and (b) a good article in a well circulated journal could be an effective call to action.
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