@pikahyper:Hi Pika, understood. Since the publisher information did change I didn't know if the book information should reflect that. It seems to be that it kind of should, shouldn't it? Those are critical fields, and so even if no content changed, it's an entirely new imprint/publisher, like when Powers switched from Image to Icon. Although it appears that change (http://www.comicvine.com/powers-who-killed-retro-girl-1-vol-1/4000-355712/) wasn't reflected on ComicVine either (while resellers do reflect it - http://amzn.com/0785192743).
I work in tech, but I also have worked in publishing. Machine Access Control (MAC) addresses (hardware assigned IDs for a computer's network port) have what are called Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) numbers. The first three octets of a MAC address are the OUI, unique to the organization. Thus if Apple produces a system with a network port, the network port's MAC address's first 24 bits are Apple's OUI, identifying the organization.
International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) are also designed to be unique for a publisher. According to ISBN.org (http://www.isbn.org/faqs_general_questions):
The purpose of the ISBN is to establish and identify one title or edition of a title from one specific publisher and is unique to that edition, allowing for more efficient marketing of products by booksellers, libraries, universities, wholesalers and distributors.
It seems to me that a published comic's information should also reflect the organization that published it. But that's just me.
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