diff --git a/www/authors/get.php b/www/authors/get.php
index e15de7ba..4e3d2320 100644
--- a/www/authors/get.php
+++ b/www/authors/get.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 $ebooks = [];
 $author = '';
 $authorUrl = '';
+$showLinks = false;
 
 try{
 	$urlPath = trim(str_replace('.', '', HttpInput::Str(GET, 'url-path') ?? ''), '/'); // Contains the portion of the URL (without query string) that comes after `https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/`.
@@ -16,6 +17,14 @@ try{
 		throw new Exceptions\AuthorNotFoundException();
 	}
 
+	// If all of the author's ebooks are placeholders, don't show download/feed links.
+	foreach($ebooks as $ebook){
+		if(!$ebook->IsPlaceholder()){
+			$showLinks = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	$author =  strip_tags($ebooks[0]->AuthorsHtml);
 	$authorUrl = $ebooks[0]->AuthorsUrl;
 }
@@ -25,10 +34,12 @@ catch(Exceptions\AuthorNotFoundException){
 ?><?= Template::Header(['title' => 'Ebooks by ' . $author, 'feedUrl' => str_replace('/ebooks/', '/authors/', $authorUrl), 'feedTitle' => 'Standard Ebooks - Ebooks by ' . $author, 'highlight' => 'ebooks', 'description' => 'All of the Standard Ebooks ebooks by ' . $author, 'canonicalUrl' => SITE_URL . $authorUrl]) ?>
 <main class="ebooks">
 	<h1 class="is-collection">Ebooks by <?= $ebooks[0]->AuthorsHtml ?></h1>
-	<p class="ebooks-toolbar">
-		<a class="button" href="<?= Formatter::EscapeHtml($authorUrl) ?>/downloads">Download collection</a>
-		<a class="button" href="<?= Formatter::EscapeHtml($authorUrl) ?>/feeds">Feeds for this author</a>
-	</p>
+	<? if($showLinks){ ?>
+		<p class="ebooks-toolbar">
+			<a class="button" href="<?= Formatter::EscapeHtml($authorUrl) ?>/downloads">Download collection</a>
+			<a class="button" href="<?= Formatter::EscapeHtml($authorUrl) ?>/feeds">Feeds for this author</a>
+		</p>
+	<? } ?>
 	<?= Template::EbookGrid(['ebooks' => $ebooks, 'view' => Enums\ViewType::Grid]) ?>
 	<p class="feeds-alert">We also have <a href="/bulk-downloads">bulk ebook downloads</a> and a <a href="/collections">list of collections</a> available, as well as <a href="/feeds">ebook catalog feeds</a> for use directly in your ereader app or RSS reader.</p>
 	<?= Template::ContributeAlert() ?>