diff --git a/openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot b/openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot
index 4d67d3b642c..eb406c928c1 100644
--- a/openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot
+++ b/openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot
@@ -6504,21 +6504,23 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: type/author/view.html
 #, python-format
-msgid ""
-"Showing all works by author. Would you like to see <a "
-"href=\"%(url)s\">only ebooks</a>?"
+msgid "Search %(author)s books"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: type/author/view.html
+msgid "Sort by: "
 msgstr ""
 
 #: type/author/view.html
 #, python-format
-msgid ""
-"Showing ebooks only. Would you like to see <a "
-"href=\"%(url)s\">everything</a> by this author?"
+msgid "— Show <a href=\"%(url)s\">only ebooks</a>?"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: type/author/view.html
 #, python-format
-msgid "Search %(author)s books"
+msgid ""
+"-- Showing ebooks only. Would you like to see <a "
+"href=\"%(url)s\">everything</a> by this author?"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: RelatedSubjects.html SubjectTags.html type/author/view.html
diff --git a/openlibrary/templates/type/author/view.html b/openlibrary/templates/type/author/view.html
index 2c42e86c041..c5b04c66f07 100644
--- a/openlibrary/templates/type/author/view.html
+++ b/openlibrary/templates/type/author/view.html
@@ -118,25 +118,31 @@ <h2 class="collapse">
                     $ungettext("%(count)d work", "%(count)d works", books_count, count=books_count)
                     <span class="count smaller"><a href="/books/add?author=$page.key">$_('Add another?')</a></span>
                 </h2>
+                <form method="GET" class="olform pagesearchbox">
+                    <input type="hidden" name="has_fulltext" value="true"/>
+                    $if (query_param('sort')):
+                      <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="$query_param('sort')"/>
+                    $if (query_param('mode')):
+                      <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="$query_param('mode')"/>
+                    $:render_template("search/searchbox", q=query_param('q'), placeholder=_('Search %(author)s books', author=title))
+                  </form>
+
+
                 $if books_count > 1:
-                  <div id="books">
-                    $:render_template("search/sort_options.html", books.sort, exclude='relevance', default_sort='editions')
-                  </div>
-                <p>
-                  $if input(mode="everything").mode == "everything":
-                    $:_('Showing all works by author. Would you like to see <a href="%(url)s">only ebooks</a>?', url=changequery(mode='ebooks'))
-                  $else:
-                    $:_('Showing ebooks only. Would you like to see <a href="%(url)s">everything</a> by this author?', url=changequery(mode='everything'))
-                </p>
+                <div style="display: flex; align-items: center;">
+                    <div style="margin-right: 15px; margin-top:10px ">
+                       <label for="sortOptions">$_('Sort by: ')</label>
+                        $:render_template("search/sort_options.html", books.sort, exclude='relevance', default_sort='editions')
+                    </div>
+
+                    <span style="margin-top:10px">
+                        $if input(mode="everything").mode == "everything":
+                            $:_('— Show <a href="%(url)s">only ebooks</a>?', url=changequery(mode='ebooks'))
+                        $else:
+                            $:_('-- Showing ebooks only. Would you like to see <a href="%(url)s">everything</a> by this author?', url=changequery(mode='everything'))
+                    </span>
+                </div>
 
-                <form method="GET" class="olform pagesearchbox">
-                  <input type="hidden" name="has_fulltext" value="true"/>
-                  $if (query_param('sort')):
-                    <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="$query_param('sort')"/>
-                  $if (query_param('mode')):
-                    <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="$query_param('mode')"/>
-                  $:render_template("search/searchbox", q=query_param('q'), placeholder=_('Search %(author)s books', author=title))
-                </form>
 
                 $:macros.Pager(page=safeint(query_param('page'), default=1), num_found=books_count)