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Short answer--yes. Longer answer--indirectly. Depending on the contracts and agreements, it's unlikely the mangaka or creators get much from that particular sale, but they do get money when the rights are sold for other regions/languages and sales determine if more books are ordered by the region. Buying English books additionally supports the translators and others who bring us more volumes--or not, depending on whether or not it makes sense financially.
I heard that the artist of Ten Count won't be drawing for a while (taking a break kinda) (don't know if it's true) and on this last chapter it kept on saying '' support the artist by buying the original art '' (guess it's true then...)
But what I need to know is....
I buy the ENGLISH version of any artist's books on Amazon. I have bought the first and second volumes of Ten Count (waiting for the others to get released) on Amazon (the English translation). Is it giving credits/feedback/money or whatever it is to the artist?
I would like to know, because if the artist is losing interest of its manga because she doesn't get any money from it I would be sad (hope she won't drop it like many other artists that I know) :( I encourage everyone to buy the original books if that's the case!