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Free Manga on the Web - chamcham - 2010-11-03
Awesome site with free self-published online manga by mangaka:
http://mangaonweb.com/
From article (http://www.siliconera.com/2010/10/30/manga-creator-recruits-fans-to-translate-work-for-free/):
Manga Creator Recruits Fans To Translate Work For Free
By Ishaan . October 30, 2010 . 4:33pm
Shuho Sato, the creator of Say Hello to Black Jack, has been self-publishing manga online for some time now. This past October, he posted the entirety of Say Hello to Black Jack on his Manga on Web site for free.
Recently, Sato put out a request on Twitter this past week, for fans willing to volunteer to translate some of his online manga. Sato posted chapter 1 of Say Hello to Black Jack on his Twitpic account and asked people to submit their translations for the chapter.
A presently-unnamed website has now agreed to translate Say Hello to Black Jack. This site has also reportedly requested permission to distribute and sell its translation overseas, the profits from which would naturally be shared with Sato.
Sato’s Manga on Web venture also publishes the works of other Japanese manga-ka online.
Free Manga on the Web - nest0r - 2010-11-03
If manga and anime creators mainly received donations directly from all the fans and scanlation groups I wonder if they'd be richer or poorer than going through American companies and suchlike to clamp down on scanlations while selling paperback copies with official translations.