The Author condems the way books are been written in the Book You can look it up is pointing out how books was written in proper Grammar and prefix meanings correctly The Author William Safire is a political columunist and the author of the"On Language" Colum of the New york times as well as winner of the Pulitzer Prize for distinguishedcommentary.
William Lewis Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriter.
He was perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated political columnist for the New York Times and a regular contributor to "On Language" in the New York Times Magazine, a column on popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics.