Flying the head through the air, and swinging it around the lab, would lead to loss of evidence, at best, and could result in damage or sickness to the population as well.
Bones says she prefers the feel of real books over an ebook reader, but in a previous season she was reading something on an ereader and was trying to convince Booth how great they are and even mentions how many newspapers she can read on it. Both was the one that preferred the feel of a real newspaper or book.