From ca8f768f84e1f06aa4150e4d9fec670532def8b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ta264 <ta264@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:32:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: Error adding book to existing author in incognito
 session

---
 frontend/src/Utilities/Book/getNewBook.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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