Nobel laureate and Colombian literary master Gabriel Garcia Marquez will publish his first new work of fiction in over 10 years next month. Called “Memorias de Mis Putas Tristes” (Memories of My Sad Whores), it was described by the Argentinean newspaper Clarin as “a history of love narrated in little more than 100 pages.”

Though not officially announced for publication here, his long-standing American publisher Knopf is preparing to release a Spanish-language edition in America simultaneously with the publication in other territories.

In 2002, the publishing world was surprised by the intense demand for Mr. Garcia Marquez’s first installment of his memoirs, “Vivir Para Contarla” (Living to Tell the Tale). Knopf did not get its Spanish edition to market until a month or two after the book’s release in Spanish-speaking countries, making imported Spanish language copies a hot commodity. The publisher hopes to avoid that problem this time around.

Plans for an English translation have not been formalized, but it’s expected that such an edition will follow in about a year, per the usual protocol. Mr. Garcia Marquez’s most famous novel, “A Hundred Years of Solitude,” hit the best-seller lists at the beginning of the year after Oprah Winfrey selected it for her “classics” book club. (Last Thursday, Ms. Winfrey named her latest pick, Pearl Buck’s “The Good Earth.”)

As a further sign of the growth in publishing for Hispanic-Americans, HarperCollins announced last week that it will expand its Rayo line. The imprint, which publishes books for and about Hispanics in English and Spanish, will grow to publish over 75 titles a year. The founding editorial director, Rene Alegria, has been given the additional title of publisher, and the staff is being expanded. Founded in 2000, Rayo has published over 100 books since its inception.