A new website for The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows features a polished design with an author biography, press mentions, and links to purchase the book. The site also includes the entire text of the book without authorization.

Étienne Klein, a prominent French physicist and science communicator, has lost his doctorate after a 20-month investigation revealed plagiarism in his Ph.D. thesis. Klein has faced plagiarism accusations in his popular science writing since 2016.