Agency stole bestselling author's book, used AI to relaunch as their own

An unauthorized website claiming to be The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has republished John Koenig's bestselling book in its entirety without permission, replacing his original artwork with AI-generated images and adding AI-powered features to generate new words. The fake site operates under a slightly different domain name and appeared without any announcement from Koenig or his official channels, raising immediate suspicions from the original community and observers who noticed the out-of-character embrace of AI technology.