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I'm very picky when it comes to manga D;
I have so many manga on my list that are 'On Hold' because I hate reading them online or on my Kindle. I have to have the physical book in my hands, because I'm a collector and a major bookworm. Plus, I like to go back to my shelf and go through them and look at the different styles and such. It inspires me to draw at times.

I feel ya... reading online is impossible, i dont know how others do it, but reading for just a few minutes kills my eyes. (especially since i have a very big screen).
So i decided to borrow a friends tablet (10'') for a week and see if ill like reading it on it, but it was boring and i felt like im forcing myself to read

I have some actual manga and its much better having the book, but my country dont sell manga so i need to buy online, i still dont know what to do abount the unlicensed manga... i guess i just need to give up (or print them... jk :D).

They closed one of the bookstores I used to get most of my manga from ...
so now I read online and if I'm able to find the actual manga in a bookstore, I buy it right away.
I actually prefer the actual manga (I collect lol) but either bookstores don't have what I'm searching for, or I'm just short on money ... sad.

I read manga on iPad, asside of that I do have some bought manga, but for most part I read them on iPad I never use PC, laptop or w/e to read manga.

I WOULD BUY, but they don't sell any in my country so I read online only!

Actual manga, every time. Although waiting months between volumes getting translated is a total pain in the arse.

I like the feeling of owning manga and having all of them neatly lined up on my bookshelf but... recently I went back while rereading Samurai Deeper online when I thought the text online was a little too small and realized something after picking up the manga I have... the text is extremely small and with no cleaners it also is yellow pages instead of white. Also most manga translated into english through a professional publisher actually has really stupid translations, especially when their is no english translation they just make up something. I still remember in pokemon how they would refer to onigiri as donuts in the official english translation.

I use a manga downloader and save it to my computer, then I read it using the manga reader program Manga Meeya.

I read online. The only series I have saved on my computer is Sakamichi no Apollon, but if I absolutely can't find a chapter or series anywhere but the scanlator's site or mangatraders, then I'll just download it and delete it after reading.
And I use Quivi to view manga on my computer.

I read online too. I would love to buy manga but in my country kinda hard because people is not that into it. That and the fact that i'm broke. I don't download manga though, I read at mangafox or mangareader.

I read online but i kinda buy a volume here and there.

FMA is the only series i completely have, was a nice box containing all the volumes in one go, awesome deal~

I read online. If I can't find the series online, I'll download it. I also have some downloaded for when I have no internet access and need something to read. I buy manga I like when I can afford it.

I like to download them. I don't like to wait for each image to load on online sites. Plus I can read them if I don't have internet.

I read it online. I've downloaded and bought manga before though. But I only bought them after reading them online.

read it online. but damn I wish american comics were as easy to read online for free.

I read, i read way to fast so download wouldjust slow me down ^-^

I just read them online at mbmanga.com. Awesome site to read them mobile.

Same here - I rather wait a little while downloading it than wait each time I change pages. Also via download you usually get the better image-quality.

And through downloading straight from the sources - the sites of the scanlation-groups - you also get the newest info on the status of the projects, can help them via your clicks or a donation and can encourage them to keep going.

I think it's rather sad that most of them don't get more acknowledgement and encouragement for their work for the community, because people tend to visit only the 3rd party online-readers that ripped their releases and now profit through other people's work via ads/clicks.

If it's a series that is ongoing, I will read online.
If the series has ended, I will download.

I buy nearly all my manga. I've read a little bit online, but in the end still prefer to have it in book form.