Monocle ebook reader - how to load a book data object rather than sample text

Question

I am trying to test monocle for a brief pdf, but I can't even get the super-basic sample to work with the index, content1 and content2 files. All that shows up in the body is the word "test" that's currently in the reader div. Is there some other code that I'm supposed to insert in place of the word test?

@magicianlam got a one-page pdf to work (would you mind posting your index.html so I can see the whole thing)?

I've been at this a few hours and can't find complete get started instructions, and GitHub is getting circular as I click and read and still can't put it all together. Also, the sample book there doesn't work, even if I correct the file paths to what must be a new structure in 3.20.

For reference, I downloaded the latest version (3.20). Also, I am not able to see the controls tests (no content shows up in the frames) or the Dickens test (no content or controls show up, just the background) in IE, FF or Chrome, so maybe the version itself has an issue. Thanks for any help.