I think most players just look up online for the recipes they need or are happy to play with the system. Once you are introduced to the system, many recipes can be guessed at without need to find books to unlock the recipes.
Character builds don't require crafting skills so some likely ignore the system completely as it isn't essential to finish the game.
That being said, go make a guide, post it on YouTube and see how many people search for it.
If I do anything I'd just do a crappy guide on GameFAQs. I'd need to replay the game entirely to list the locations of each one. The crafting bibles are really the only books worth reading. Also some recipes make no sense like honey for charming.
