diff --git a/frontend/src/Utilities/Book/getNewBook.js b/frontend/src/Utilities/Book/getNewBook.js
index 9cde4259c..05c865e55 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Utilities/Book/getNewBook.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Utilities/Book/getNewBook.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ function getNewBook(book, payload) {
     searchForNewBook = false
   } = payload;
 
-  getNewAuthor(book.author, payload);
+  if (!('id' in book.author) || book.author.id === 0) {
+    getNewAuthor(book.author, payload);
+  }
 
   book.addOptions = {
     searchForNewBook