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I used a Sharpie Silver pen to put the numbers over the top row of letters and found that my calligraphy was too 'chunky' and ended up only doing 1-3-5-7-9. It took about a month for 3,5,9 to get rubbed off by my normal grip. Have no idea why 7 endured and guess 1 survived due to being in the gap between my thumb and hand.
My next attempt has stuck for a lot longer. I 'surrounded' the odd buttons with little dashes in the form of a U shape. One big one for 1, three smaller ones for three, etc. I tried to make each segment roughly the same length. Making nine small ones for 9 was ... entertaining. And that's that's worked for the last few months. My normal grip tends to avoid the buttons for obvious reasons. And I don't do a lot of typing to begin with. So there's no 'constant' wear and tear on the surface where the ink now 'hides.'
Would I prefer Amazon had etched the numbers onto the Kindle? Sure. And the set listed above is certainly useable in all likelyhood. But a Silver Sharpie has lots of uses (label all power worts, for instance) and if/when your scheme wears off, it's easy to re-apply. And you can buy one at your local Office Depot for less than the delivered cost of the labels.
Just an idea.
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