internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary
Author should be a required field on /books/add
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Description
Works can be inadvertently created with no stated author.
### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)



### Relevant url?
https://openlibrary.org/books/add
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Go to ...
2. Do ...
* Actual:
* Expected:
### Details
- **Logged in (Y/N)?** y
- **Browser type/version?** Safari, Chrome
- **Operating system?** iOS
- **Environment (prod/dev/local)?** prod, testing
### Proposal & Constraints
1. Add asterisk on form to show the field is required
2. Check that at least one author is provided and the user has clicked one of the autocomplete entries
### Related files
### Stakeholders
Contributor guide
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