I haven't really played it that much at all, I used to play it a bit, but haven't for a while (I was never amazing at it, lol). any guitar shop sells hundreds of tutorial books and cd roms, HMV sometimes sells a couple, but i'd personally get them from a guitar shop for the simple reasons that if they cost any extra, they'd be worth it as they are professionals and know exactly what you were looking for and you would be getting the best books for what you need.
As to the guitar, anything too expensive is unsuitable, you're not wanting to become a rock god, you're wanting to learn. Most acoustics are pretty safe to learn on, as for electrics I wouldn't go for anything fancy, anything strat styled like mine and the ones mentioned by northy are perfect for learning on. All songs can be played on either acoustic or electric, you just get a slightly different sound.
The benefits of electric and elctro acoustic you can play about with the tones and get pedals to play about with the sound and on electric you can also play with the pickups to get it sounding how you like.
If it is an electro acoustic you're wanting, you may be better off with just an acoustic, and moving up to an electro acoustic, from what I've heard they are quite similar, just electro acoustic is slightly thinner and has an amp. so you could get a cheap acoustic guitar to see what its like and then when u become more confident and want to spend more money, move up. I have had both electric and acoustic guitars, but have never tried an electro acoustic, so don't know much about them. so couldn't really tell you much more about them.
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