Vegas,
'Trading for Dummies' is also a very good book for beginners. I picked it up at half price books for $ 4.00. A couple of things I would recommend -
1) Participate in forums like this one and listen to Doc, Tommy, Dz, and all the other people that have been doing this for a while. Find a group of wise men and latch on to them.
2) Practice, practice, practice - paper trade different strategies until your confidence level in them grows. For every real trade I do I paper trade 10.
3) Set your exit points before you enter a trade - know your target profit and maximum allowable loss and set your stops accordingly
4) Keep a journal of your trades - what strategy were you trading, why did you get in, whey did you get out, entry and exit price, profit or loss, return on investment, etc.
RB.