Short press for sleep is a known issue. When 1.7.4 was pushed out for the WiFi version they were having a problem with a function related to Adobe (also applied to any sideloaded book) that was overlooked/unknown at the time it was released. The fix will be in the next update--and no, I have no idea when that will happen.
It seems that short press for sleep works from the home screen (at least most of the time). My solution is to not press anything and let the Kobo go to sleep on its own after 15 minutes.
Kobo--1 has an option for auto power off (under the general tab in settings). I believe this will be be included in the next incremental update. At one point it looked like Kobo was going to do a small update fairly quickly that would include features like this, and then do a big change for the WiFi later on. I don't know if this is still the plan or not.
The last I heard was on the
GetSatisfaction board where JCKobo said this:
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There is currently no specific timeline for a software update for the Kobo Wireless Reader, though we intend to release new features for it early in the new year.
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