I had the same problem this morning with my 1-month-old Kobo Touch. It would not power on, even when I connected it via USB to my computer. I told my husband about the problem, and as he had a similar problem with his iPod Touch, he did what had fixed his iPod--he simultaneously pressed the home button and slid the power button to the right. He then held the power button to the right for a longer period. The KT powered on. He's not sure which key-action actually allowed for the power-on (the simultaneous pressing of home button and sliding of power button or the holding of the power button to the right position) since he did both in sequence so quickly. FWIW, the firmware was 1.9.6.
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