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I've been playing guitar for 15 years and I've taught guitar lessons for 8 years almost now and here's what I'll suggest.
If you're willing to invest an hour a day into your guitar playing My suggestion is to break it in half between technique and practical.
If you are just starting to learn scale forms then I suggestion spend a half an hour working on building your speed with these ideas and then spend a half hour learning new songs/chords or applying those scales into improvising.
I would suggest you find someone to help you hands on. A teacher, well that depends on if you want to invest money into a teacher (I would say sure, go for it) or just find a friend who is a good player to help guide you through the ropes of becoming a better player.
I would say do not rely on Tab sites. Most of the tabs you find on the internet are not correct, have complete mistakes or written by people who do not know what they are doing. Learn to pick songs off the CD's yourself, by ear. It's far more rewarding to lift a song yourself rather then seeing a tab ont he web that happens to have been mashed together by a kid who doesn't know the difference between a G and C chord.
Books are a good way to learn however I never use them in my studio. A book is a 1 way street and cannot answer your direct questions. Hence why I urge you to find a mentor (teacher or friend or other) to help you out.
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