The key fact here is that as of 1990, Obama's "born in Hawaii" narrative was a matter of public record due to national media reporting. That's fact.
Whether and to what extent in 1991 Acton & Dystel wished to urge some contrary "born in Kenya" narrative is of no moment, as the notion was obviously a non-starter even in theory at that point, and in actuality one that went nowhere.
No problem with facts at my end: the "project that wasn't" didn't alter the public record that Obama was born in Hawaii.
‘the notion was obviously a non-starter even in theory at that point, and in actuality one that went nowhere.’
Read the copy again. The book is well described, and Obama was paid twice to write it. He wrote nothing at all during the time frame when he burned through the first advance. This is a matter of record.
Acton & Dystel then secured a second advance for the same project: Journeys in Black and White. Again Obama wrote nothing. He is a lazy, dysfunctional person who can’t write even on the middle school level, much less complete a book. Acton & Dystel, along with the editor that was snookered into paying the first advance, learned this the hard way. (The second editor may fall into the same category; I’d have to check the facts to see whether the Ayers-produced work of fiction went to them or to someone else.)
You’ve struggled mightily with this factual account of Obama’s literary malfeasance. You continue to trip over the facts, and likely always will.