You’re right in stating that there’s very little in the way of books for upgrade exams (and not just for SQL Server either).
What I usually do is use the Skills Measured for the individual exams covered by the upgrade exam to research content using Books Online, Technical articles and Blogs. I also use the release notes to research what’s new in a release (just remember
to also read release notes for each service pack/service release)
Example
Exam
70-453 is the upgrade exam to 2008 Administrator so I would use the skills measured for exams
70-432 and
70-450 to research content online.
Release Notes:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/e/49eeb41a-a769-4520-80d6-671b8ae2bd06/SQLServer2008ReleaseNotes.htm
Release Notes R2:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/7/D/E7DED7E4-5059-4E3E-82C5-B28BF3FD0AAC/SQLServer2008R2ReleaseNotes.htm.
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