Ebook problems in Indesign 5.5

I am creating an ebook in indesign 5.5 and the mimetype file (according to my information there should be one) is missing and the TOC that I created in Indesign does not work. Am thinking I may have to create one manually. Also am using bbedit which doesnt allow me to add files like the missing mimetype file. Have downoaded springy but I can'y open it on my mac aparently its the wrong version. Please can anyone help?

Hi Steve, thanks for answering.
I have created a book in indesign 5.5 with relevant styles and a table of contents. When I preview it in Adobe Digital Editions the contents page doesn't work in that when I click on the link it doesn't go to the relevant page. However the built in table of contents , the one that is created in the reader itselfe works.
Since writing the question I have tried deleting the table of conte in indesign that i pasted on to the page and have manually created one with hiperlinks. That has solved the problem for me in the Adobe digital editions previewer.
Now I have tried opening this file and coverting it to mobi file for a kindle but the Kindle previewer is not opening that file to convert it. At least it was opening and converting the file that had the automicly created Table of Contents before I deleted it and wrote it myself. But it still had the same problem with the navigation not working.
I'm becoming desperate!
Jayne

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From: [email protected]
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