Also I wanted to know what books i could read to get better as well, after i figured out the co-ordinate part.
Is there anything Specific I should read to get better?
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Hi Randomz21--there shouldn't be much confusion if you buy a regulation chess board and set it up correctly. Look for one that's sanctioned by an official tournament body; for example, USCF has vinyl boards for only a few dollars:
http://www.uscfsales.com/chess-boards/vinyl-chess-boards.html
From there, start with opening books and keep playing through early moves or traps until you begin recognizing squares. That will make it easier to handle the late parts of the game. Also bear in mind that older books use descriptive notation (P-K4, etc.) which is likely to add to your confusion. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a fun little guide; it was written for the novice chess public (hence the famous person in its title) and it's read from back to front upside-down after you've finished the first half. It's pretty much a zillion diagrams of simple mating combinations: not much to do with Fischer's level of play, but good for learning without needing knowledge of coordinates. Maybe try that as well.
It is difficult to tell you what to do without knowing your skill level but I'll give it a go. I agree with pentiumjs comments. A regulation board will help a lot. Also, getting familiar with openings is very useful but don't get too bogged down in heavy analysis if you are not a seasoned player. Play through some openings and get familiar with them. Once you find some openings you like, find some games by a player you admire (Kasparov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Carlsen, Anand, etc) and play through their games to see how they handled the openings. Also, get familiar with simple endings so you know how to handle King and pawn and rook and pawn endings.
The simple fact of the matter is that getting better takes time, dedication and discipline. There are no easy avenues to getting better. It took a lot of study and play before I got from class C to class A many years ago. I would spend about 20 hours per week in study and play but after about 2-3 years I shot from 1650 to 1924. The one thing that really helped was learning simple endings. My rating improved quickly as a result.
All I can say is keep at it and be patient. Yes, it can be frustrating but chess is a game of patience. Don't worry about improving. Keep at it and it will happen in due time.
I have trouble reading some chess books, because of the co-ordinates of the chess board i always get confused with which peice goes where on the board when it tells me a specific quordinate like d4 for example. In which this move is quite obvious to me because that's a simple basic move but, i need to find a way to get better at knowing which peices moves where on the board because of the multiple different co-ordinates that are inside of the chess books.