Ken Akamatsu, of Love Hina and Negima fame has launched recently a site of his own for manga distribution.
The method this site uses to function is this:
The service is completely free and without any time restrictions
Authors receive payment based on ad views/clicks
J-Comi themselves take a 0% commission
The comics will also be distributed as PDFs so anyone can read them
There is no DRM and copies can be made freely and given to friends
It's still in a Beta form, so the content is pretty much Love Hina's 14 volumes. YES, they're completely in Japanese, YES, I know it's hard to read. However, the Kanji (most) are also accompanied by furigana (little hiragana attached to the kanji to help less proficient readers understand what those pesky ideograms mean). I'd say there's no best way to learn Japanese by oneself, and practice my Kanji reading AND WRITING abilities to fill the only BIG hole I have with the language (I have smaller holes, but I can deal with those rather easily).
Also, I know it's a romantic comedy with harem touches, yes, I hate those, but this first attempt is too badass by Akamatsu to ignore.
So go ahead, give it a try. If you have time, I advise you to look for a good online dictionary for the words, and when you need a Kanji, you can go after the furigana and look it up that way.
Also, if you do, please do click every single advertisement, and if possible, try to buy something if you can. The reason is that the revenue for this site is driven by ad views, affiliate revenue and all that.
The reason I consider this important is because in Japan, editorial houses like Kodansha, Jump, etc. grab mangaka by the balls (and ovaries when female) and never let go, profiting from their work, while allowing them to get a paltry sum for their hard work.
The idea is to help, even if a little bit. That way, maybe one day we can see something translated for us as well. In the meantime, I'll see if I can email Akamatsu directly to throw some ideas his way, because this is a platinum (better than golden) opportunity to reach to western markets that shouldn't be missed by him.
The link is here:
http://www.j-comi.jp/