I read Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, and a bunch of others from the online version of Weekly Shonen Jump. Super-High Quality translations, simultaneous release with the japanese print, and the authors{Kubo Tite, Masashi Kishimoto, Oda, etc} actually acknowledge us.
It's unreal. Even the former editor in chief of Shonen Jump, the guy depicted in Bakuman, browses the website. They've also noticed my fan art.
I just wish i could actually buy the manga... i feel so dirty reading them for free...
That was the reason I didn't want to read scanlations.
I said would't read 'til it's actually released in english officially, which at the time, meant sticking with the book releases that were months or even years behind. Then, this happened:
http://www.shonenjump.com/WSJ decided to release its own english translations of its manga, and also release it at the same time as the print edition in japan. I've been a member since the "alpha" phase.
I actually thought they would just like let you buy whatever series you followed, as I was originally just going buy the stories I already knew like Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece and nothing more.
They don't give you that option and so you get ALL these other series in the online magazine and even with that, its MUCH cheaper than I thought it would have been just buying the big three. It's $25 a year for a ton of series all at once. I was expecting to pay like $60 a year for just three series.
I'm glad it didn't turn out that way.
If it wasn't for this format, I wouldn't have ever been introduced to the other stories. And I would have NEVER known about this awesome gem of story!
I'm glad I waited and didn't give in to reading scanlations.
And I'm glad I'm supporting the actual magazine and its authors, directly!