@faggotweebshitlates By the way, I mentioned Library/Barnes and Nobles because you can likely very easily go into the store, grab some Manga, sit down and read for a few hours, put it back, and pay $0.
I've tried communicating with a Mangaka about oversea sales, and the one I communicated with said he does get money, but that it varies between authors. But the way I understood it was that he makes a bit more or less than if sold in Japan, per book. But if it costs you $10 to buy a Manga in America and $5 to buy the Japanese Manga... you can support the author more by just buying 2 of the Japanese Manga.
Most Japanese Authors will not setup a Patreon account. They're more likely to have a pixivFANBOX account (I don't really know why). If you really want to support the author, just buy the officially translated version, or the actual Japanese version. Moreover, suppose that a Manga is ongoing and gets an official English version. I heard that if people buy the English version, the numbers get reported to the original source for determining popularity (to axe or not to axe). Don't buy used - they don't get anything from that. I heard that certain merchandises (figurines and stuff) have to pay some commission to the author. I don't know which, though. Buying Anime DVDs/etc. do not help the author - it just increases exposure (I heard the Author just gets a one-time lump sum for buying the rights to create Anime).