I wouldn't be impressed by a Humanities faculty who didn't provide their own information about such matters as how to avoid plagiarism. Whether students take it on board or not is, of course a different matter.
I frequently have students sobbing that they had no idea about plagiarism, even though:
*all the information is in the Student Handbook to which they are directed when they start their year.
*they cannot submit an assignment without ticking the box to say they have read this information and understood it.
*the module coordinator provides an extra information sheet on how it applies to this particular module.
*the tutor gives a talk on it in the first seminar.
But it may just be that another book would do the trick.
However, I do think the way you phrase your OP is slightly misleading.
"all the basics students need to know to achieve highly on an English course at university" seems to suggest that if only you take on board the advice given and learn about all the areas he mentions you are bound to get a First.
No, you won't. Not if you can't write intelligent essays with interesting ideas. And not everybody will be able to do that, however dutifully they read up on the fables of Aesop etc.
Just like not everybody will be able to be a professional ballerina just because they know all the moves and put the right number of hours into exercising. To achieve highly you need that little bit extra.
It's more the other way round: even if you are highly gifted, you won't get anywhere without doing the things in the e-book, too. But doing them isn't the only thing that is required.