Friends, Let me also join the club of frustrated newbies... in my case, I have no access to a live teacher or piano books AT ALL due to my odd location.. I can only imagine about ALFRED the great, who authored piano books..
I am using internet as a great resource to teach myself piano playing..
I have made a blog for piano learners like me who are somewhere-between-beginner-intermediate stage.. lets share and teach each other...

www.bangalore-piano-learning.blogspot.com

cheers