When should female authors use their photos as a promotional tool?

When you buy the book, you will want to know something about the author. Shiny covers and good blurb are not the only things that attract readers.

Do you wish to know who is the author? If the author is a beautiful woman, would you buy her book?

I am an Instagram user. Always careful with my photos, I watch what I will post. One of my photos was in a swimsuit, and it got 81 likes. Well done :)

I would not go far with exposing myself, more I love to show my mood or to represent my book selfies.

Scrolling around, I saw a female author exposing her naked breasts. A brave act, but I would not follow this.

I don't care about competition, but it attracts attention in the wrong places. So I looked at the comments below.

"Wow, sexy lady. " "Can you show me more?"

Most comments were from trolls or guys who are hungry for sex. I did not see anyone of them asking for a book. They probably did not read a single book in their lives.

Using sexy photos as a promotional tool is good only for famous women. They already have their audience and it is their business.

An anonymous author who is using half-naked photos is not targeting a real audience.

You will attract undesirable messages in your inbox.

They wrongly understand your act and mix you with Only fans. How you can prove the opposite?

Should I expose knives and guns because I am writing thrillers? You understand the point, even erotica authors have their boundaries.

A mysterious woman hides her privacy, and it gives her a charismatic image. What is sexier than discovering a secret?

Readers will understand what is art, and what is only a cheap promotion.