Hi chaika, I appreciate your concern but I don't need a real textbook even though I am using comprehensive book (it just doesn't have anything on pronunciation except through text); the reason is because I have experience with another Slavic language and there are many cognates and grammar similarities between it and Russian, so I'm not a stranger to complex grammar and pronunciations. Right now I'm focusing on pronunciation, and I'm going to start learning grammar soon.

I can't say I completely understand the 'E' thing yet even though everything else has cleared up a bit for me.